Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated both his mother and father were traders.
In a video from from 7:51 shared by Advocacy For Good Governance, Obi said he did not know much about his father because he died during the Nigerian Civil War. He stated that his mother played a major role in his upbringing and taught him important life lessons.
Obi said he regularly accompanied his mother to her store and learnt how to trade from her. He said he began trading during his secondary school years.
In Obi’s words: “My mother was a trader, my father was a trader. So from my early days I learnt to trade. I didn’t know much of my father because he died during the civil war. We men might not teach you a lot but once you are close to your mom you will learn a lot. I see my mother go to trade every day, I follow her to her store and I started trading even before I got involved in my university days and in secondary school”.