Following lamentations over cost of living, Imo State governorship aspirant Capt. David Mbamara (retd) has appealed to Nigerians to vote for Mr Peter Obi as the next president to make the difference.
Mbamara, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen yesterday, said the best sacrifice to make during this yuletide is to reflect on the pains of 2023 and vote Obi to erase more turbulent times.
He said Obi is the best candidate, adding “He needs the four way test of the third force, integrity, capacity, inclusive governance, who can unite Nigerians and lastly competence. I want to re- endorse him and urge all Nigerians irrespective of their religious, ethnicity, or social stratification to vote Obi in the best interest of Nigeria.”
Mbamara lamented that insecurity, exorbitant transport fare and high cost of foodstuffs have made people not travel to see their loved ones.
The retired military man said “All of us can see, this is a Christmas with a difference, many of us did not travel home because of insecurity, high cost of transportation, we’re celebrating the Christmas with fuel at N280 per litre, particularly in Imo State.
“I want us to look at the pains of today and let it be a motivating factor for us to take our destinies in our hands, I want us to look at the situations around us today and take firm resolution not to allow misfits and people who do not know what governance is all about to manage our total affairs,” Mbamara said.
Further, he said “I know the security challenges, I know the pains of having 60 percent unemployed youths, I know the social, economical implications of such development. You can not talk of security without putting into cognisance Imo youths, non youth policies, no factories, yet every year our higher institutions churn out youths into the labour markets”.
According to him, Imo is ranked among the most indebted states in Nigeria, even as he reeled out other statistics “Heartland football is relegated to the second division, Imo Grasshoppers is nowhere to be found, our education industry has collapsed, no internal roads, the inner and outer ring roads have since collapsed without any attention, use this Christmas to reflect, with me as your next governor, Imo is in safe hands” Mbamara said.
