Sacrifices Of Founding Fathers Already In Vain – Mr Peter Obi

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has lamented that the sacrifices made by Nigeria’s founding fathers were already in vain.

He has also stated the telling the truth about the country did not translate to demarcating her.

Obi, former governor of Anambra State spoke at two platforms: at a memorial lecture held in honour of the late elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, and in a post on X today.

First he declared that current happenings in the country were suggestive of the futility of the sacrifices made by late Clark and many other founding fathers of the country.

“The labour of our heroes past is already in vain.

“The state of insecurity, poverty in rural communities, and the rising cost of living have all betrayed their sacrifices”, the labour party presidential candidate said..

In the second instance, questioning the silence of once-vocal critics who had protested fuel and food price hikes under Jonathan, he stated:

“I asked some very vital rhetorical and reflective questions, like what has suddenly happened to the protesting voices in this country?

“Where are those who, in 2012/13, protested vigorously when increases in fuel, exchange rate, food and transport prices were moderate and manageable under President Jonathan.

“Where are those who called President Jonathan all sorts of names, “Clueless, corrupt, ineffective and lifeless government”? Where are they now that the Prices of everything have increased tenfold?”

“We are also losing innocent lives daily through insecurity, poverty, poor healthcare, and avoidable hardship. This is not the Nigeria our founding heroes envisioned.

“We must not reduce their sacrifices to mere ceremonial tributes.

“The best way to honour Chief Edwin Clark and others like him is to restore integrity in governance, rebuild trust in our public institutions, and ensure that truth and justice are the foundations of our national journey”, Mr Peter Obi stated, even as he held that Nigeria needed the truth to come out of its leadership challenges.

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“I tried reminding those who argue that I de-marketed Nigeria by telling the truth about its economic and social status vis-à-vis the rest of the World that truth does not in any way demarket a nation

“Rather, it refines and strengthens it. But the moment we begin to weaponise the truth for political convenience, we dishonour the legacy of those who came before us.

“We betray the very essence of their sacrifices, their struggles, their hopes, and their dreams”, Obi stated.

Obi spoke after attending the memorial lecture in honour of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, alongside former President Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,