EK Clark Joins Obasanjo To Endorse Obi For President

In a rare agreement with perennial foe, former South-South leader and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark has joined President Olusegun Obasanjo to endorse Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi in the forthcoming election.

Clark gave his endorsement of Obi at a press conference in his Asokoro, Abuja residence on Tuesday.

Noting that the next President of Nigeria must be educated and experienced, he said the Obi presidency would also give sense to the equity that would pull the Southeast as an equal partner in the polity.

Clark said ” I  have since been fully briefed on the successful outcome of the interaction held at that occasion. Amongst other things, I have taken note of the following observations which came out of the meeting: That PANDEF presented the expectations and demands of the peoples of the Niger Delta, comprising infrastructural development, devolution of power, resource control, effective and inclusive participation in the oil and gas sector, amongst other things, to the Presidential Candidate.or

“That the vision statement shared by His Excellency Peter Obi at the occasion, as it relates to making Nigeria more productive, using the rich resource endowment in every part of the country; curbing waste and  fighting corruption; and creating jobs for our teeming youths through innovative initiatives is very commendable.

Continuing on why he decided to endorse Obi, Chief Clark said:

“That his restated commitment to restructuring and devolution of power, will promote harmony, peaceful coexistence amongst the states and constituent parts of the country.

“That his vision for more equity and justice as it pertains to the South-South region, which  in the past sixty years has produced much of the revenue for the national economy, but has been neglected with little impact in terms of infrastructure and social development, is convincing and commendable.

“Peter Obi’s commitment to environmental justice to the clean up of the Niger Delta polluted communities is most welcomed, given that even the ongoing Ogoni clean-up has been rather slow.

“His commitment to inclusion of qualified persons from the Niger Delta in the national governance process in the future government if elected into power is very reassuring.”
GWG.ng reports that Chief EK Clark has in most cases wavered away from positions taken by President Obasanjo on issues and his decision to follow the former president to endorse Obi would be gladdening to supporters of the Labour Party candidate.

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