Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s nominee for president, has urged those in political office to use their privileges to help the public and end their suffering.
In a meeting with party leaders and some Christian leaders on Saturday in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, he expressed dissatisfaction with the rising suffering of Nigerians.
Obi a former governor of Anambra state said some states are still owing salaries, gratuities, and pensions to their civil servants and retirees.
He said being in a political office is by the grace of God, urging them to stop abusing God’s grace and serve the people well.
The presidential hopeful said a country where the cost of bread cannot be affordable to the people is not a Nigeria of his dream.
He called on the people to ask politicians questions on what their agenda is before supporting them.
Obi said Nigeria should be a producing and not a consuming nation, assuring that if he is elected the next president of the country, in two years Abia will become a major shoe exporter.
