Bayelsa shouldn’t be on list of poor states – Peter Obi

Bayelsa shouldn’t be on list of poor states – Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, says failings and corruption of successive government have left Bayelsa state stagnated and impoverished.

Obi spoke during a town hall meeting of Labour Party’s stakeholders in Yenagoa on Tuesday to present the flag to the gubernatorial candidate of the party.

He stated that Nigeria has failed the Niger-Delta region and Bayelsa State with the level of underdevelopment and poverty 67 years after oil was found in the area.

He said a place where oil was first discovered is still languishing in underdevelopment and reeks of poverty, adding that Bayelsa is not supposed to be on the list of poor states considering what God endowed them with.

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Obi said, “In a state where oil was first discovered, and after 67 years, you still can’t drive on good roads. After Sokoto, known as the poorest state with a 90.5 percent poverty rate, Bayelsa is at 88.5 percent. Bayelsa is not supposed to be on the list of poor states, considering what God endowed them with. It is the product of bad leadership, and that is what we are trying to change.”