The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has told ex-Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, to concentrate on ending the internal crises within the Labour Party before aspiring to lead Nigeria. He recently revealed that presidential candidates should stop using social media to sow division.
Speaking during the Valedictory Session in honour of the late Niger Delta elder statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, Akpabio said that Peter Obi’s negative reactions to national issues would only be taken seriously when he puts his own house in order.
Akpabio said that Obi should demonstrate leadership within his own party first, before citizens will agree with his promises to be the leader Nigeria needs.
“Those who are aspiring as presidential candidates should stop using social media to sow division. Tell them to fix the small party they have before dreaming of governing the entire country,” he said.
According to him, the Labour party candidate is currently struggling to end the mini crisis in his party, therefore, Nigerians would be right to not trust him to resolve the major Boko Haram problems Nigeria keeps battling with.
The Senate President maintained that politicians who keep vowing to fix Nigeria if given the chance should make the best use of the chance they already have to fix problems within their immediate environment.
“If you cannot even resolve the crisis in that Labour Party, is it the crisis of Boko Haram that you will come and resolve in Nigeria?
I can tell you about the dualised roads in my city, the international hospitals, free and compulsory education, and the unity I brought by sponsoring thousands to Jerusalem and Mecca. Let those who want to rule Nigeria start by fixing what’s in their hands,” he added.
