Coalition 4 New Nigeria - Obidients

Yesterday, at the invitation of The Liverpool Commonwealth Association, I had the honour of serving as the guest speaker at Liverpool John Moores University, where I spoke on the topic "Harnessing the Commonwealth Advantage for Trade and Investment."

Attendance included Mr. Mark Blundell, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside and representative of King Charles in Liverpool, Richard Kemp, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Tim Nicholl, Vice-Pro Chancellor of LJMU Business School, Garth Dallas, Chair of the Liverpool Commonwealth Association, Cllr Vanessa Boateng JP, General Secretary of the Liverpool Commonwealth Association among others.

With a population of over 2.5 billion—about a third of the world's population, with over 60% of its population under the age of 30, a GDP of over $13 trillion, expected to grow to $20 trillion by 2030 the Commonwealth presents great opportunities for growth and development amongst member nations if properly harnessed.

The focus must, therefore, remain on leveraging these immense resources, especially the youthful energy and innovation for the collective advancement, sustainable development, and economic prosperity of member states and their citizens.

As members of the Commonwealth, we are uniquely positioned to promote inclusive growth, foster innovation, and champion sustainable development. By lowering barriers to trade, encouraging investment, and deepening cooperation, we can transform our economies, ensuring that the prosperity of one nation lifts many others.

For us in Nigeria, whose trade contributions to the Commonwealth—and indeed the world—have remained dismally low due to the lack of productivity plaguing the nation, this is a wake-up call.

We must clothe our nation in the garment of productivity and set the wheels of production in motion.

By aggressively investing in agriculture, supporting micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises through favourable fiscal and monetary policies, and ensuring strict adherence to the rule of law, which will attract and retain both foreign and local investors, we can shift Nigeria from a consumption-driven economy to a production-led one, and take our rightful place as a significant contributor to the Commonwealth’s economic power.

A new Nigeria is POssible!

- PO

PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY :

LABOUR PARTY REJECTS THE PEPC JUDGEMENT

The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani today and we reject the outcome of the judgment in its entirety because justice was not served and it did not reflect the law and the desire of the people.
Nigerians were witnesses to the electoral robbery that took place on February 25, 2023, which was globally condemned but the Tribunal in its wisdom refused to accept the obvious.

What is at stake is democracy and we will not relent until the people will prevail.
We salute the doggedness of our team of lawyers who fearlessly exposed the wrath in our system. We can only weep for democracy in Nigeria but we refuse to give up on Nigeria. Details of the party's position will be presented after consultation with our lawyers after the Certified True Copy of the judgement is made available to us.
We urge all lovers of democracy to remain focused and hopeful because a new Nigeria is possible.

SIGN

Obiora Ifoh
National Publicity Secretary
Labour Party

06-09-2023

PLEASE KEEP A DATE WITH HIS EXCELLENCY ON SATURDAY. IT'S GONNA BE A VERY INTERESTING INTERACTION ON TWITTER.

DON'T BE DISTRACTED YOUR EXCELLENCY, THEY ARE AFRAID OF YOU AND THEY CAN'T STOP YOU.

YOU ARE THE ROLE MODEL OF OUR TIME, WELL DONE THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT.

WELL DONE YOUR EXCELLENCY. OBIDIENTS IN JOS WE SALUTE YOU ALL. YOU GUYS ARE WONDERFUL.

FINALLY, AFTER THE MEETING BETWEEN INEC AND OBI'S LEGAL TEAM TODAY, INEC AGREES TO ALLOW LABOUR PARTY LEGAL TEAM TO INSPECT THE ELECTION MATERIALS USED IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.