Peter Obi. |
Former
Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described as sad, the continued
reverse movement of Nigeria from better to worse rather than the other way
round. Obi spoke on Saturday at the inauguration of Prof. Chike Obi Lecture
Series by the Alumni of University of Nigeria, Onitsha branch.
Regretting
that Nigeria has failed to achieve her potentials within the dreams of her
nationalists, including the likes of Prof. Chike Obi, Obi said that the coming
general election was yet another opportunity for the people of the country to
vote in those with proven records in resource and human management.
Reflecting
on what he called the “misplacement of values”, Obi said it was sad that Nigeria
had over the years bred people without respect for education and
professionalism.
He
recalled how, when he travelled to Kenya, people he met were excited that he
was coming from the county of the likes of Prof. Chinua Achebe, Prof. Wole
Soyinka and Prof. Chinua Achebe. “Today, due to the ascendancy of thuggery, our
people have little regard for scholarship. Today, touts in the parks
earn more than professors and yet nobody is raising alarm.
I
have had extensive discussion with the PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji
Abubakar Atiku, and I am happy he is concerned about the phenomenon, which was
one of the reasons he founded a university and has committed a lot of resources
to education even as a private citizen,” Obi said.
Bemoaning
the degeneration of Nigeria, Obi said that now was the time for Nigerians to
ask a lot of questions as stakeholders in the business of development of the
country. His words: “How many of us are aware that in 2007, Nigeria
was not owing a kobo, but today we are owing over $80 billion? How many of us
are aware that Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children? How
many of us know that Nigeria today has the highest number of poor people in the
world?”
Obi said that
such questions were asked by the likes of Chike Obi at their younger ages and
called on the youth of Nigeria to ask the same question and insist on being
answered.
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