Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has attributed Nigeria’s economic situation, insecurity and rising poverty to poor leadership, insisting that the country possesses abundant human and natural resources to prosper. Obi spoke at the 50th/15th Biennial Conference of the Methodist Church Nigeria in Ibadan, where he called on church leaders to continue speaking truth to power and praying for responsible leadership. Addressing delegates, Obi said Nigeria’s greatest challenge was not a shortage of resources but a deficit in competent and accountable leadership. Obi criticised political leaders for prioritising the misuse of public resources over national development. “Let our prayer point be that God should touch the hearts of our leaders to use public resources for the public good,” Obi said.