{"id":1161325,"date":"2022-07-28T18:07:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/28\/rise-up-for-change-peter-obi-tells-nigerians\/"},"modified":"2022-07-28T18:07:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:07:25","slug":"rise-up-for-change-peter-obi-tells-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/28\/rise-up-for-change-peter-obi-tells-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise Up For Change, Peter Obi Tells Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to rise up for \u201ceffective change\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n

While lamenting the country\u2019s epileptic power supply, the presidential candidate said it was time for Nigerians to demand what was right from the country\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n

In a series of tweets on Thursday, the former Anambra State governor noted Nigerians should take a cue from global best practices and effect good leadership.<\/p>\n

He wrote, \u201cNigeria\u2019s epileptic electricity supply remains a matter of deep concern. Although South Africa, the second biggest economy on the continent has a population of over 60 million, and generates over 50,000 megawatts.<\/p>\n

Also Read: Peter Obi To Supporters: Allow Me Respond To Any Presidential Candidate Who Talks About Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHer authorities are currently complaining of an energy crisis; thus compelling President Ramaphosa to declare an emergency situation and an intervention policy permitting private persons or corporations to generate up to 100 megawatts without licenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria, the African giant with over 200 million people, generates a paltry 4000 megawatts, which is less than 10% of South Africa\u2019s without declaring a power crisis or emergency.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigerians should take a cue from global governance best practices; grasp what people-oriented leadership is all about and rise up for effective change. \u2013 PO\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to rise up for \u201ceffective change\u201d in the country. While lamenting the country\u2019s epileptic power supply, the presidential candidate said it was time for Nigerians to demand what was right from the country\u2019s leaders. In a series of tweets on Thursday, the former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1067006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}