Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, has dispelled reports that he has no structure as the 2023 elections draw closer.
This was contained in a series of tweets issued on Sunday, June 12.
Peter Obi further clarified that 35 million Nigerians who are in poverty will be a part of his structure.
He also pledged to redress the recurrent strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, with the ongoing industrial action which commenced on February 14.
Peter Obi revealed:
Whenever I hear of NO STRUCTURE, my answer to it is simple; the 100 million Nigerians that live in poverty will be the structure. The 35 million Nigerians who don’t know where their next meal will come from will be the structure.
The elderly, our mothers, fathers, and the old ones dying or being owed gratuity/pension will be the structure. ASUU; the lecturers that are being owed, and the students who are not in school will be the structure.
We’ll create the structure, and they’ll see what the structure is all about. The structure is about human beings. — PO
Whenever I hear of NO STRUCTURE, my answer to it is simple; the 100 million Nigerians that live in poverty will be the structure. The 35 million Nigerians who don't know where their next meal will come from will be the structure.
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) June 12, 2022
Earlier, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has also reiterated that Peter Obi is the recognised presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).
Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, made this clarification on Thursday, June 10.
He further stated that the commission was unaware of any faction in the party, revealing that INEC only identifies with Julius Abure as the chairman of the Labour Party.
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According to Okoye, Abure conducted a May 30, 2022, primary that produced Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of LP for the 2023 general elections.
The INEC scribe explained;
The Independent National Electoral Commission has in its docket all the national chairmen and national secretaries of all the registered political parties in Nigeria, the list and verified signatures.
As (at) today, the commission is not aware of any faction in the Labour Party.
The person whose name is on the docket of the Independent National Electoral Commission as the national chairman of the Labour Party is Julius Abure.
He’s the one that the commission recognises as the national chairman of the Labour Party.
