Peter Obi wins heart in Birnin Kebbi; provides food, borehole for residents

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is of the belief that Nigeria is currently among the top 20 most hungry countries in the world.

According to the former Anambra State Governor, out of 125 countries in the global hunger index, Nigeria comes 109.

Obi made this known during his visit to Kebbi State, where he was welcomed at Government House by Secretary to the State Government, Yakubu Bala Tafida.

In his remark, Obi noted that Nigeria is poor and hungry because the Federal Government has failed to invest in agriculture.

He noted that investing in the North which has massive land for peasant and mechanised farming.

Peter Obi stated that Nigeria has the highest number of uncultivated lands in the world accompanied by a large population of able-bodied unemployed youth that could have been used to drive the mass agricultural investment to produce millions of direct and indirect jobs in the country.

During his visit, Obi revealed a Ramadan feeding of 100 indigent persons as well as the commissioning of a borehole at Kahuta village behind Dukku Army Barracks in Birnin Kebbi.

“We are here to support with water and some little financial assistance because this is a private visit not political,” Obi said.