JUST IN: Obi says LP manifesto in circulation not authentic

Presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP), Peter Obi, says the party has not released its approved manifesto yet to the public.

He said the document currently in circulation was fake and should be disregarded.

Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said the LP’s manifesto was still being reviewed.

He made the clarification on Monday in a post on his official Twitter handle.

According to Obi, the manifesto in circulation is a draft copy which made its way to the public space.

Obi said he would personally release the LP manifesto to the public when it is ready.

The tweet read, “We have not formally released our Manifesto. I will do so personally. It seems an earlier draft copy under review has made its way into the public space. Until I release the approved and final draft, please disregard what is being circulated.”

A seven-point agenda of the party that Obi disowned was tagged ‘Our Pact with Nigeria’

It is a 48-page policy document with the following details:

“1. Securing Nigeria, ending banditry and insurgency; and uniting our dear nation, to manage our diversity such that nooneis left behind.

2. Production-centred growth for food security and export -Moving Nigeria from consumption to production.

3. Restructuring the polity through effective legal and institutional reforms, to fight corruption and enthrone rule of law and all inclusive and effective government.

4. Leapfrogging Nigeria from an oil-dependent economy to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) with massive investment in new technologies.

5. Expanding physical infrastructure – with focus on critical sectors like power, multi-modal transportation, gas pipeline, etc. – through efficient public-private partnership (PPP) reforms (unleashing growth-enabling entrepreneurship and market-creating innovations).

6. Youth engagement and human capital development that improves quality of life of workers and families, and productivity-enhancing education that empowers labour competitiveness.

7. Robust foreign policy that restores Nigeria’s strategic relevance.