Peter Obi: Fighting corruption not as difficult as people make it look

2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stated that fighting corruption in Nigeria is not as difficult as people generally perceive.

He made this statement during a talk show session with students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.

Obi emphasized personal integrity as a key to reducing corruption.

“Fighting corruption is not as difficult as people make it look”

“If you, your wife and children are not stealing, you have reduced corruption by 60 per cent,” he said.

He highlighted his tenure as a bank chairman and Anambra State governor, challenging anyone to find evidence of corruption linked to him.

“I’ve served as chairman of a bank at a time when most people who were directors of banks were busy taking loans from their banks,” Obi said.

“Go and check any bank where I was a director or chairman, where that bank gave me a loan as a director.”

He also noted, “I served as governor of a state for eight years and I challenge everybody to go and show me where one kobo of Anambra State that I’m not entitled to was linked to me.”

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Obi stated that if given the opportunity to serve as president in 2027, he would serve for only one term of four years.

“If I have the opportunity to serve as Nigeria’s president in 2027, I will do so for only four years. It can be less but it will never be more. I will not stay a day longer than four years.”

“People say what can you do in four years? There is a lot you can do in four years because you can bring civility and laws that start good governance in four years,” Obi said.

Obi emphasized that good governance can be initiated within a short period, focusing on civility and laws for effective governance.