Former Governor of Anambra State and Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the last election, Peter Gregory Obi stated that Nigeria suffers from poverty and unproductivity, attributing this to an overemphasis on politics and religion.
He made this known in an interview on the Honest Bunch podcast released on Saturday.
“I’m not happy in Nigeria; we can’t continue to breed poverty; that’s not leadership. We live in a largely unproductive society, which is why the only things that seem attractive here are politics and religion,” he remarked.
Obi proposed transforming vigils into night shifts, arguing that too much time is spent attending church services from Monday to Friday.
He added, “We have to dismantle it. I’d rather turn night vigils into night shifts so people can be productive. I go to church; I believe in God.
“However, we cannot have people attending church from Monday to Friday, morning and night.
“If I travel from here to my house, the only signboards you see are those of churches. If you go to the East, it’s burials, and that’s not a country. In other countries, you’ll see products.”
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