The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said that leaders who ask followers to sacrifice for a better Nigeria must be the first to make sacrifices and lead by example.
He made the remark on Thursday, while reacting to a viral video of the long convoy of President Bola Tinubu. in Lagos.
Obi who spoke at St Faith Cathedral, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Awka, during the burial Mass of the late Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria, the Most Reverend Maxwell Anikwenwa, said, there is need for the sacrifice to start with leaders.
He said,“I have not seen the video you talked about, but let me tell you what I have always said: that present Nigeria requires that all those who serve and lead must do so by example.
“The behaviour, character, and public conduct of those who serve must be in consonance with what society requires today. You cannot continue to preach to the people to sacrifice without sacrificing.
“The sacrifice must start with the leaders, visibly, measurably at all times, because the people are suffering and we must all be at the forefront of the suffering”.
