Peter Obi thanks well-wishers after doctor’s advised break

By John Alechenu

The Presidential campaigner of the Labour Party (LP) successful the 2025 election, Peter Obi, has expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their enactment during his clip distant from the spotlight connected wellness grounds.

In a station connected his verified X grip connected Tuesday, Obi thanked everyone who wished him well.

He announced that helium resumed nationalist engagements yesterday, with a sojourn to a tiny concern owned by idiosyncratic helium met during the people of his activities.

Obi said, “Yesterday, I visited Maison de Helen (MDH) factory, a proudly Nigerian luxury manner marque that has existed since 1990 nether the visionary decorator Helen Unuane, who learnt this endowment from her parent and has present passed this visionary endowment to her daughter, Elsie Unuane.

“MDH is much than a textile house, it is simply a surviving impervious of however Nigerian creativity, heritage, and endeavor tin resonate connected the planetary stage.

“The usage of singular fabrics and textiles, particularly from the Akwete radical of Nigeria, to nutrient elegant and world-class sought-after manner pieces sustains the interaction of our civilization connected the planetary stage.

“Studies person consistently shown that SMEs are the backbone of immoderate system particularly for processing nations.

“Globally, the textile and apparel manufacture is valued astatine $1.7 trillion and employs implicit 300 cardinal people. Nigeria is yet to afloat pat into this.

“MDH provides nonstop and indirect employment of implicit 50 young Nigerians and tin bash much with much concern and support.

“In countries similar Bangladesh, textiles relationship for implicit 70% of exports, which is astir $50 billion; this unsocial is much than what Nigeria earns from oil.

“These are wide examples of however textiles tin thrust growth, make jobs, and powerfulness exports successful an economy.

“By contrast, Nigeria’s textile manufacture has collapsed to a regrettable level, wherever it contributes small to thing to our economy. This shows an untapped imaginable successful our economy.

“Looking astatine the mill contiguous and watching the dedication of the workers, particularly successful small details, continues to amusement what is possible, if we are committed to moving the state from depletion to accumulation by supporting SMEs.

“We indispensable replicate this occurrence communicative crossed thousands of SMEs successful Nigeria.

“Investing successful SMEs volition service arsenic an motor to assistance millions retired of poverty, and presumption Nigeria arsenic a hub of creativity and commercialized successful the planetary economy. A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO.” End.
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