Afrigather An Anambra State senator, Annie Okonkwo, has acknowledged that Nigerian youths have anointed the presidential candidate of Labour Occasion, Peter Obi, to interrupt the yoke of corruption within the nation.
Okonkwo acknowledged this on Tuesday night time when he chaired the reception for Obi in Los Angeles, California, United States.
This was contained in an announcement by Okonkwo’s media adviser, Collins Steve Ugwu, made accessible to The PUNCH on Saturday.
Making his remarks on the Beverly Hilton venue, attended by world diasporans, Okonkwo famous that God and man have chosen Obi to take again Nigeria.
“To take again Nigeria to work for Nigerians is a activity which period has come, and the explanation each visitor is right here to listen to Peter, whom God and man has discovered match and able to do the robust job,” Okonkwo mentioned.
He added, “I state with accountability and civic expertise, that given the fever of pleasure to this distinctive staff, by no means seen in our current marketing campaign historical past, our energetic youths have ‘anointed’ Peter to interrupt the yoke of corruption and senile management in Nigeria, and that shall be finished deservedly.
“Management afflictions and corruption madness are pulling folks collectively across the ‘mantle of constancy in governance’ that Obi has raised and preserved. That could be a nice trigger to proudly help.
“However I have to warning that there are works to be finished and preserve doing, to guarantee the assured end result is completed.”
Okonkwo, who represented the Anambra South constituency from 2007 to 2011 famous that he can testify of Obi’s capability to manipulate the nation.
He mentioned, “I used to be a Senator in a special social gathering; similar time in Anambra state when Obi was governor, and I can affirm that the state is, unarguably, the hardest state to manipulate in Nigeria.
“But Obi raised the bar of governance there exceptionally, by making integrity, character and prudence his unshaken efficiency parameter.
“The outcomes turned so visibly commonplace that no person was clapping, as a result of he had no ‘shishi’ for celebrations. That’s the state with the best focus of billionaires in Nigeria, with very lean tolerance for attitudes within the gallery.
“He was as an alternative labelled and sneered at, kicked and knocked viciously, however the Rock (Okute) stored focus.
“At this time, Nigerians have recognised him because the thermometer for accountable governance.
“He has remained the identical and fixed, solely higher and nonetheless bettering. Nigeria is larger than Anambra, however the challenges will not be larger than his expertise. That’s the reason they need him and that’s the reason they may have him.”
