Peter Obi: Politicians must use their Positions in Government to Serve the People.

……..suggests that the country shift its focus from consumption to production.

Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has asked political office bearers to use their positions to assist the people and alleviate their suffering, according to ABN TV.

He spoke on Saturday in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital, at a meeting with officials of his party and some Christian leaders, expressing disappointment with Nigerians’ growing suffering.

Obi a former governor of Anambra state said some states are still owing salaries, gratuities, and pensions to their civil servants and retirees.

He said being in a political office is by the grace of God, urging them to stop abusing God’s grace and serve the people well.

The presidential hopeful said a country where the cost of bread cannot be affordable to the people is not a Nigeria of his dream.

He called on the people to ask politicians questions on what their agenda is before supporting them.

Obi said Nigeria should be a producing and not a consuming nation, assuring that if he is elected the next president of the country, in two years Abia will become a major shoe exporter.