Obi made the wish in his New Year message released to the press in the early hours of Friday.
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Obi made this call during recent South East Edition of the PDP National Youth Summit held in Awka, Anambra State.
In a statement on Thursday to mark the International Day for People with Disabilities, Obi agreed every human being has a great deposit of potentials needed for the societal progress and nation building.
Obi, while conveying his deepest condolences to the government and people of Plateau State, lamented that Bali’s death came at a time when his experienced input is most needed in the country.
Obi spoke while responding to a question during his appearance on Arise Television on Tuesday.
Obi, who spoke on Arise TV on Monday, agreed that the recent recession, which affected about 40 countries around the world, was as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bishop Ikeakor, who is also the proprietor of the College, spoke when Obi visited the College on Wednesday.
It will be recalled that a road accident had earlier claimed no fewer than 10 lives comprising staff and students of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu, when a heavy duty vehicle rammed into the school bus conveying the students.
The appeal was made on Monday through a press release personally signed by Obi.
He has been away for nine months from the country.
The Lagos State Action Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2019 elections, Babatunde Gbadamosi, has urged government at all levels to create opportunities for young people to address the high rate of youth unemployment in the country.
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has not been denied visa by any embassy in Nigeria.
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the implementation of the recommendations of Justice UwaisElectoral Reforms Committee and the creation of Electoral Crimes Commission.
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has frowned at what it described as “a disappointing decimation of principles of democratic elections” after the 2019 general elections.
Most fair-minded Nigerians are shocked at the outcome of the much-talked about 2019 elections. It was an election as no other and as the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the presumed loser, a winner, the election result has entered the history books as a fraud like no other.
Prof. Wesley Nafarda, Bwari Council Elections Returning Officer, has declared the elections in the council inconclusive due to some hitches at some polling units.
President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted Nigerians on the activities of looters of the nation’s resources bent on undermining the forthcoming general elections “and by extension our democracy’’.
Following serious concerns expressed by eminent Nigerians, including Prof. Wole Soyinka, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and Rt, Hon. Ghali Umar Naaba among others on the need to produce a consensus candidate from among the fresh breed ‘Third Force’ presidential hopefuls
Events in the All Progressives Congress are curiously presenting very distinctive features especially in relation to contests for 2019 elections. A major unfolding change scenario is the issue of exercising political leadership prerogatives by President and Governors
The Publisher of The Drum Online, Prince Akanni Segun, has urged the Nigerian press to be accurate in the reportage of the 2019 elections.