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Obasanjo pledges to attact foreign investment

    ABIDJAN

    The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, Olusegun Obasanjo, has promised to use his international contacts to attract investment to Nigeria if he wins the presidential race on Saturday.

    “I promise to use that international connection for the good of Nigeria,” he said, according to Nigerian radio today (Tuesday).
    He noted that without foreign investment the economy would remain weak and unable to provide enough jobs for the “teeming population”. Nigeria has a population of 108 million.

    Obasanjo, who was campaigning in northern Nigeria yesterday (Monday), was due to appear in the troubled Niger Delta today, then return to the north before ending his campaign effort in Lagos on Thursday.

    His rival, Olu Falae, is due to concentrate his campaign today and tomorrow in the north, an Obasanjo stronghold, before heading for the southwest on Thursday.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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