In continuation of his engagement with Nigerians in the Diaspora, Labour Party presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi held a Town hall meeting in Washington DC.
Among the attendees during the event, were Nigerian afrobeat musicians, Flavour and Phyno.
Here are some of the highlights of Obi’s speech in Washington DC:
We will seek to reunite Nigeria through strict adherence to Constitutional provisions on equitable representation in Federal establishments of our national diversity, especially, women, youths and people with disability.
We will have zero tolerance for corruption; block leakages and cut the cost of governance. Our total commitment to transparency and accountability in government business is the only credible way to achieve limited to zero corruption.
We will aggressively pursue human capital development in the education and health sectors, within available resources; with a view to adopting pertinent global best practices in both sectors.
We will proactively reassert Nigeria’s leadership role in African affairs through constructive engagement, using existing sub-regional and regional forums as well as bilateral platforms for dialogue on current and emerging challenges.
We will rebuild Nigeria’s military power, promote economic growth, and enhance its technological prowess to improve Nigeria’s diplomatic influence in sub-regional, regional and global affairs via peacekeeping activities.
We will pursue aggressively modalities for raising the national internet penetration and robust contribution of ICT to overall economic growth aid national development.
Bolstering our power sector is imperative. We will lay special emphasis on critical infrastructure, especially Power, to ensure a clear measurable increase of 200% of today’s generation, transmission and distribution, within the shortest possible time through public private partnership.
We will tweak the security architecture, and incentivize professionalism by offering each arm or agency, lead in areas where they have comparative advantage.