2023: Obi, Dakum most prepared to lead Nigeria, Plateau out of poverty – Guber candidate

Labour Party Governorship candidate in Plateau State, Dr. Patrick Dakum said the Presidential candidate of his party, Peter Obi and him are better prepared to lead Nigeria and Plateau state out of poverty and insecurity if elected into office in the next elections.

He noted that their government will give priority to women, youths and people with disability by providing quality leadership that will enthrone sanity and dignity of Plateau people.

Dakum disclosed this on Friday during a media engagement with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel, NUJ, Plateau State Council, held in Jos.

“You should imagine all the presidential candidates that we have which one do you think if announced as President, Nigerians will start rejoicing in major cities in the country.

“The pillers in which the Labour Party is founded is social justice. Social Justice demands that you provide inclusiveness to everybody and that is our party stands for. Inclusiveness of the vulnerable groups because they are the indicators of measuring whether a community I’d develop or not.

“When I talk of inclusiveness, I am talking about young people, women, people living with disabilities and the elderly for social justice.”

Dakum said further, “One of the things that Peter Obi has mentioned in the need to rapidly decentralized the police force and I think a lot of states are yearning for that. As a Governor by the grace of God, I will support this policy with the legislature that we are going to elect.

“We will start by strengthening the first responders, that is the vigilante groups, hunters association and the traditional institutions. None of these are on the budget. We will use security vote to strengthen the system while we wait for other Nigeria security forces to go up in number and equipment.”

He explained that the Labour party in Plateau presented competent and credible Governorship Candidate with an experienced and trusted running mate, Edward Pwajok SAN, who is the only life bencher on the Plateau will complement the desire of the party to bring development in the state.

“The Labour Party has provided a team that would provide leadership from day one. This is because one of the bent of our problem is not lack of plan, we have slots of plans inherited from the Millennium Development Goal and now we need a strong leadership team that will be bold to take decisions that will be compassionate to the people.

“If you are to be asking questions today in Nigeria from community to community that are you happy with the way things are going as far as governance is concerned, the overwhelming result will be that we are not happy.

“If we are not happy, why will we continue on the party that things are not working. I believe that in understanding the times that we are is what has given raise to Labour Party. Peter Obi has come not only on the platform of Labour Party but Obedient Movement.”

He noted that the movement of the party both at the Federal and at the state level goes beyond the membership of the party and made up of families that are dissatisfied with the unfolding events in the country.