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He regretted that Nigeria now had frightening levels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/19\/world-bank-inflation-will-push-15-million-nigerians-into-poverty-in-two-years\/\">poverty<\/a>, unemployment rate and out-of-school children.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, given our history, politics and governance challenges, moving Nigeria forward would require concerted efforts and a shift from coercive to consensus approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government that will come in 2023 will be confronted by an array of daunting challenges, both domestic and external,\u201d Obi said.<\/p>\n<p>The domestic ones have accumulated over the years, and because of leadership failure, have not been dealt with, and these have impacted heavily on our unity, social cohesion as well as the economic outcome. It has affected us negatively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country today is bad news. We now have the concentration of the highest number of people living in poverty, the highest number of out of school children, and the highest rate of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/26\/unemployment-emphasise-entrepreneurship-education-buhari-tells-varsities\/\"> unemployment<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that leapfrogging Nigeria from oil dependence to industrial revolution, improving human capital development, and formulating good foreign policy must be brought to the front burner in order to revive the nation\u2019s ailing economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party has said that fiscal recklessness, inability to tackle insecurity and corruption\u00a0 have been primarily responsible for Nigeria\u2019s failing economy. According to Peter Obi, domestic problems, caused by leadership failure, have damaged the unity and cohesiveness of the country. 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