The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to commit themselves to building strong, law-abiding political parties that are bigger than the government.
Obi made this call during the public presentation of two books titled The Bubbles of Nigeria’s Democracy: The Musings of a Nigerian Journalist and Wadata Wonders: Memoirs of a Partisan Journalist.
According to this newspaper, the books were authored by veteran journalist Ike Abonyi.
The former Anambra State governor also encouraged journalists with a deep understanding of Nigeria’s political landscape to write more so that citizens can better grasp the complexities of the country’s political space.
He said, “We are working hard to build that new Nigeria where we are going to have political parties that will outlive us, that are organised, and that will be bigger than the government,” he said.