Nigeria's problems, according to Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, are the result of poor leadership.
He made this statement during a meeting with the NLC's leaders on Tuesday in Abuja.
Former Anambra State Governor Obi claimed that instead of Nigeria being a prosperous country, its leaders are transforming it into something else.
Nigeria is not a nation that produces. Nothing is produced by us. The culmination of our current problems is poor leadership. The emphasis on sharing is being placed by the leadership. The sharing formula must be replaced with a production formula, he said.
He urged for stronger cooperation between the NLC, the Labour Party, and essential stakeholders in order to halt the menace, despite the fact that young people in their productive age are not productive.
Nobody can become president without first discussing Nigeria's future with the labour movement and all other organisations. The leaders must be here, and the workers must be there. This cannot continue. They must converse while seated at the same table, he continued.
After withdrawing from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries in May, Obi joined the Labour party.
Since then, especially among young people, he has become one of the favourites to win the 2023 presidential elections.