A presidential aspirant under the platform of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Peter Obi, has described the northern part of the country as the nation’s greatest asset, citing the region’s land mass, agricultural potential and population.
Obi was responding to questions while appeared as a guest on Prime Time, a program of Arise Television.
“Our greatest asset is in the north. The vast uncultivated land in the north is our future. We can make more money as a country from agriculture than we make from oil, and we must begin to do that immediately,” he said.
Obi was the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, he finished second runner up at the general election.
He added, “if we want to secure the north today, we need to start investing in critical areas of agriculture, pull people out of poverty, and invest in education and health. That is what we must do.”
The former Anambra State governor also expressed willingness to work with key figures from the region, including members of his party: Atiku Abubakar, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and Nasir El-Rufai.
“I will work with them, but I can tell you that nobody can build what I intend to build in the north,” he said.
