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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the forthcoming elections, has assured of his determination to fight insecurity and reopen the country\u2019s borders if elected.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Katsina State on Monday in continuation of his campaign for the presidency, the Labour Party presidential candidate believed that bad governance and insecurity had caused extreme hardship and abject poverty among Nigerians.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cI will build a new Nigeria for all, and boost the socio-economic activities of Katsina State and the nation in general.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter Obi explained that himself and his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed, have chosen to build a new Nigeria where security will be number one, assuring that with security, the borders will be opened for better business.<\/p>\n

He opined that for him to fight poverty, security has to be restored and the borders opened.<\/p>\n

Obi begged Nigerians to come out and vote for the Labour Party to ensure total restoration in the country.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the forthcoming elections, has assured of his determination to fight insecurity and reopen the country\u2019s borders if elected. Speaking in Katsina State on Monday in continuation of his campaign for the presidency, the Labour Party presidential candidate believed that bad governance and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,363,254,222],"class_list":["post-80939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-insecurity","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"\nI am determined to fight insecurity, reopen borders \u2013 Peter Obi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the forthcoming elections, has assured of his determination ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I am determined to fight insecurity, reopen borders \u2013 Peter Obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the forthcoming elections, has assured of his determination ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-24T10:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-24T11:49:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674546666.72.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1424\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"802\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I am determined to fight insecurity, reopen borders \u2013 Peter Obi\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-24T10:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-24T11:49:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1674546666.72.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"insecurity\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-am-determined-to-fight-insecurity-reopen-borders-peter-obi\",\"name\":\"I am determined to fight insecurity, reopen borders \u2013 Peter Obi - 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