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As someone from Northern Nigeria, a region that bears the heaviest burden of out of school children, deep poverty, rising insecurity, and vast but underutilised agricultural potential, it is clear that the North does not need slogans or recycled promises, all we need is competence, sincerity, and measurable leadership.
The North today has the highest number of out of school children in the country. This is not just an education crisis, it is a ticking security and poverty time bomb. A leader who understands that education is national security is urgently needed.
Mr. Peter Obi’s consistent emphasis on investing in human capital, teachers’ welfare, school infrastructure, skills acquisition, and measurable learning outcomes offers the North a long-term solution rather than temporary handouts.
Agriculture remains the North’s greatest economic strength, yet decades of neglect, poor mechanisation, insecurity, and lack of value chain investment have kept millions of farmers poor.
Mr. Peter Obi’s focus on modernising agriculture, supporting smallholder farmers with access to finance, storage, processing, and markets, and linking agriculture to industry directly addresses the structural poverty in the region.
Insecurity in the North is fueled by unemployment, illiteracy, and state failure. Obi’s approach combining intelligence driven security, community policing, and economic inclusion recognises that guns alone cannot solve insecurity.
You cannot secure a hungry, uneducated population with force; you secure it with opportunity and justice.
What makes Peter Obi particularly important for the North is not just his ideas, but his track record of prudence, accountability, and continuity.
The North has suffered most from abandoned projects and policy inconsistency. Obi’s insistence on planning, data, transparency, and institutional reforms provides assurance that interventions will be sustained beyond political cycles.
For Northern Nigeria to break free from poverty, violence, and underdevelopment, we need a leader who will invest in people, unlock agriculture, restore security, and manage resources responsibly.
Mr. Peter Obi represents a departure from failed politics and an opportunity for the North to finally convert its population and land into prosperity.
The North does not need pity.
The North needs competence.
And today, competence is Peter Obi.
A new Nigeria is POssible.
