Only Obi Can Revive Nigeria’s Collapsing Economy – Labour Party

• This is even as the party charged Nigerians to join the party in their quest to take power and move the nation forward

The Labour Party in Ebonyi State Chapter has said the party’s presidential candidate in last general election, Peter Obi, is the only person that can save the battered Nigerian economy from total collapse.

The party said Nigeria’s economy will be revived and Nigerians will experience a new lease of life when labour comes to power.

This is even as the party charged Nigerians to join the party in their quest to take power and move the nation forward.

Rising from an expanded stakeholders meeting in Abakaliki, they urged warring members of the party to end hostilities and unite to move the country forward.

A communique issued at the end of the meeting and signed by Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie, Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone, Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone and Rt. Hon. Bar. Emmanuel Nwobo Central Senatorial Zone, explained that the meeting was called to address the members on the future political activities of the Labour Party, including mobilization of new members and registration.

“The members of the National Transition Committee (NTC) of the Labour Party, Chief Fidelis Nwankwo, Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie and Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh convened the stakeholders briefing with a view to informing members of the Labour Party, Ebonyi State Chapter, about the future political activities of the emerging Labour Party, which include mobilization of new members and registration.

“The members of the NTC also shared details of the 2023 post election reviews conducted by the National and State Working Committees of the party and consequently resolved as follows.

“That His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi remains the National Leader of the Party and he, Mr. Obi is bestowed with the appropriate competences to salvage the Nigerian economy from its declining fortunes.

“Stakeholders observed the need to support the National Transition Committee in her bid to conduct an all-inclusive State Congress and National Convention of the Labour Party respectively.

“Furthermore, stakeholders urged feuding stakeholders of the party to sheath their divisive swords in the overall interest of Labour Party and our target to better the lots of Nigerians.

“That a united Labour Party, Ebonyi State Chapter, shall pursue with vigorous the conversion and registration of new members into the party at the right and designated time and also set a target of 400,000 members.

“Furthermore in a motion moved by Chief Jerry Obasi the former Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), and Deputy Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance in the 2015 general election in Ebonyi State, and seconded by Hon. Sylvester Nwankwo, former House of Assembly member in Ebonyi State, the stakeholders unanimously adopted Engr. (Chief) Fidelis Nwankwo as the Leader of Labour Party in Ebonyi State”.