Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, alongside members of the African Democratic Party (ADC) have led a campaign tour ahead of the council election within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n
Obi disclosed the development in a post on his \ud835\udd4f account. His first visit was on Wednesday to the popular Kugbo furniture market which was affected by a fire outbreak.<\/p>\n
He assured traders at that market square who were victims of the fire outbreak that \u201cdespite the setbacks they faced, they will recover and thrive again with the right support\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n He wrote \u201cAt a time when many Nigerian are grappling with deepening hardship and poverty, such losses are especially painful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n He went ahead to state that \u201cThis incident once again underscores my consistent call for a comprehensive reform of our emergency response systems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A nation that truly cares for its people must invest in efficient, well coordinated emergency services that respond promptly and effectively to crises saving lives and livelihoods.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n The former Governor of Anambra State also visited a local market alongside Moses Paul, the ADC chairmanship candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council election.<\/p>\n Obi said the visit was aimed at strengthening community engagement ahead of the polls, emphasizing the importance of active citizen participation.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cWe must work towards a Nigeria where preventable tragedies are avoided, and where institutions operate effectively for the benefit of all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, alongside members of the African Democratic Party (ADC) have led a campaign tour ahead of the council election within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Obi disclosed the development in a post on his \ud835\udd4f account. His first visit was on Wednesday to the popular Kugbo furniture market which was affected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":240036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[231,274],"class_list":["post-240035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-adc","tag-peter-obi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Peter-Obi-2.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}