Obi the savior to Nigeria’s Challenges – Yusif Datti Baba-Ahmed

The Vice Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said that Nigeria has never been this lucky by emergence of Peter Obi as Presidential Candidate.

Mr Baba-Ahmed stated this in Kano on Friday, when he represented Mr Obi in a in a visit to the state, to commiserate with the government and people of Beirut Road GSM market over building collapse and Kantin Kwari textile market the witnessed massive flooding.

Addressing a mammoth crowd in Kano on Friday, Mr Baba-Ahmed said Nigeria has never had it so good in terms of choice with the emergence of Mr Obi as a leading self-styled businessman.

According to the Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr Obi, as a bank owner and modest promorter of education, knows the nitty gritty of repositioning Nigeria to be on the pedestal of development.

He said if the Labour Party win elections in 2023, it would restructure market system, using strict adherence to regulations in a bid to provide conducive atmosphere for business in the country.

“When we come on board, we would ensure compliance with regulations. But, even more important, when we promote education, we promote the culture of following building standard and regulations.

“We are expansionist in nearly everything we do. Kantin Kwari’s capacity has for long exceeded the territory it operates.

“So, it is high time to expand the market into Kantin Kwari 2 and Kantin Kwari 3. This is our thinking in labour party.

“It is about time to break out of the box from thinking of shago-shago system we know, into modern markets and shopping malls. That is the kind of leaders we hope to be,” he said.

Mr Baba-Ahmed said he was in Kano to represent Mr Obi to commiserate the people over the unfortunate incidents.

He also disclosed that Mr Obi would pay a visit to the state himself when he return from a trip to United States of America.

Mr Baba-Ahmed also announced that he personally donated some relief to the traders of the two affected markets, adding that he would not disclosed the amount he donated.

In his remarks earlier, the gubernatorial candidate of the LP in Kano, Engineer Bashir I. Bashir, said if the party win election, the kind of flooding and substandard buildings would be over.

He blamed the government of cashing the problem due to what he described as illegal allocation of lands and buildings without following due process.

According to Mr Bashir, had Labour Party was in power, such problems would never happen in Kano.

The governorship candidate also commiserated with the leadership, victims, traders and people of the state for the two unfortunate incidents.

He said, “when we come to power, we would provide modern markets in this state,”

Speaking earlier, the Xhsirman of Kantin Kwari Market Traders, Sharu Sagiru Wada, said the market had lost over N4.5 billion in the flooding.

He added that over 800 shops stocked with goods were also affected by having the commodities damaged.