Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, has declared that his administration will aggressively combat systemic corruption and curb fiscal profligacy in Nigeria if elected president in 2027.
Obi made the commitment shortly after emerging as the 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) during the party’s national convention held in Abuja on Saturday.
The development marks a significant political pivot for the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, who had earlier pledged to serve only a single four-year term if elected to power. Obi maintained that his administration would utilise this single-term window to eliminate structural wastage in public spending through a deliberate, top-down reduction in the cost of governance.
According to the newly minted candidate, public resources currently expended on state luxuries will be aggressively redirected toward critical, productive sectors of the economy.
“We will drastically reduce the cost of governance and corruption. This waste must stop,” Obi stated, arguing that national corruption can only be mitigated if public officials and their families refrain from abusing state assets.
