Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has said he is ready to die for the country.
Obi made the declaration in an interview broadcast by Nevon Media on Tuesday, it was reported.
“We need one man to take charge of the security challenges facing the country.
“I said somebody has to be in charge. We go into battle. If you’re ready to live, you have to be ready to die. “Go home if you’re not ready to die,” he said.
Obi reiterated that he had no reason to hold the passport of any other countries.
I am ready to die for Nigeria.” It’s a country. “Non-state actors cannot take over the state,” Obi said.
Meanwhile, Obi has said that if he was President of Nigeria, he would have removed the subsidy on petroleum products in an orderly manner.
Obi was said to have declared his support for the removal of fuel subsidy but would not have declared it on the day of his swearing-in.
The former governor of Anambra State made this known in an interview with Rufai Oseni, responding to allegations that he criticised President Bola Tinubu for the removal of the fuel subsidy in 2023.
Tinubu had announced the removal of fuel subsidy at his inauguration as President.
Obi’s concern was not the removal of subsidy per se, but the process adopted by the present administration.
“I did not criticize Tinubu over the removal of the subsidy. I said I’d have taken it out but in an orderly way. Obi said, “I wouldn’t have announced it at my inauguration.
Before making such a major policy announcement, he said, he would have consulted with operators and stakeholders in the petroleum sector.
“I would have gone to the operators in the industry first because we know there is a lot of criminality around the subsidy,” he added.
Obi said that for any subsidy removal plan to be effective, there must be a clear understanding of how much the country was spending on the scheme and a strong action against corruption.
“I would remove it to see how much exactly is being spent on subsidy and also tackle the issue of exchange rate deregulation. “But the most important thing in doing these things is to fight corruption head on,” he said.
The NDC flagbearer said policy reforms should be rolled out in a way that protects ordinary citizens.
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