Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP) has appealed to supporters to assist the party with funds for the presidential campaign.

“Presidential election is very expensive, it is very costly, our slogan is that we don’t give shishi [nothing] but this time around, we have to look for money,” Mr Abure said Friday in Abuja after inaugurating the party’s presidential campaign council.

The opposition party came into reckoning as a major contender ahead of the 2023 elections after Peter Obi emerged as the party’s flag bearer.

Mr Obi, a former Anambra governor who is famed for his frugality with state funds is thought to be one of the frontline candidates for the elections.

Mr Abure stressed that the presidential candidate cannot solely fund the capital intensive electioneering.

“The presidential candidate cannot fund the campaigns alone, he does not have the money, the greatest challenge that we are likely to have in this campaign is with funding.

“Our presidential candidate was a governor in Anambra, he is the only governor known not to have embezzled money, he kept N75 billion in the account of Anambra State and he is the only governor not on pension,” he explained.

Mr Abure charged the 1,453-member campaign council to work assiduously to guarantee the party’s success at next year’s polls.

He noted that it was not an easy task to arrive at the PCC list because the search was based on character, capability and pedigree which the Obi-Datti movement represented.

He said the party did background checks on the PCC members and found them worthy and therefore, called on all the PCC members to bring their experiences and expatriates to bear and engage in grassroots work to deliver victory for the party.

(NAN)