{"id":736484,"date":"2019-11-02T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T12:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/02\/dont-toe-the-lines-of-previous-leaders-peter-obi-warns-youths\/"},"modified":"2019-11-02T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T12:18:13","slug":"dont-toe-the-lines-of-previous-leaders-peter-obi-warns-youths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/02\/dont-toe-the-lines-of-previous-leaders-peter-obi-warns-youths\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Toe The Lines Of Previous Leaders, Peter Obi Warns Youths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_638289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-638289\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-638289\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/peter-obi-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Obi\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-638289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Obi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 presidential election, has said people in power are never told the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, a former governor of Anambra state said this on Friday, when he appeared as a guest speaker at the first convocation of Chrisland University, Abeokuta.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on \u2018Creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship: A critical intersection for economic development in Africa\u2019, Obi said the challenges besetting the country are many.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe truth is that in Nigeria, the problem is over 75%. The country has been criminalised. Quote me, I am talking from experience of somebody who had served, I was there for eight years. \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I found in Nigerians and your parents here, including me, I am a victim of that, I was governor for eight years, you can hardly see anybody who tells you something is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody calls you his excellency, that since you came, things have changed, even, when you know that nothing has changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is just that we have a government that has criminalised the society and people celebrate criminality. So, nobody could say to them, stop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Nigeria Has Not Treated Igbos fairly: Peter Obi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who steal, if they come to church they will give them front seats, so, why would they not steal? They are the ones who are given chieftaincy tittles, they are the ones who get tittles in the world. So, we need to change all that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obi urged the youth not to \u201ctoe the lines of the previous leaders in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Obi Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 presidential election, has said people in power are never told the truth. Obi, a former governor of Anambra state said this on Friday, when he appeared as a guest speaker at the first convocation of Chrisland University, Abeokuta. 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