Labour Party Manifesto: Peter Obi reels out 7 key priorities of his government

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party will release his manifesto on Monday, October 31.

Themed 'Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria', was released by the Obi-Datti Campaign office.

In the 48-paged manifesto, Obi and his team listed what it tagged "Purposeful and participatory leadership nation rebirth based in our seven priorities.

Below are the priorities of the Obi-Datti government

1. Securing Nigeria, ending banditry and insurgency and uniting our dear nation to manage our diversity such that no one is left behind.

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

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-independent economy to the Fourth Industrial Revolution ($IR) with massive investment in new technologies.

5. Expanding physical infrastructure - with a 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 the quality of life of workers and families and productivity-enhancing education that empowers labor competitiveness.

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

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