Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi have teamed up with other opposition figures to unveil a political movement aimed at resetting Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general election.

The politicians launched the Reset Nigeria agenda on Monday at the inauguration of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential campaign office in Abuja, expressing confidence in their plan to bring opposition parties together and take on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking at the event, Makinde questioned why crude oil supplied to Nigerian refineries should be sold at international prices when it is produced locally.

Makinde, the APM presidential candidate, also put forward an alternative to bringing back fuel subsidy, insisting that Nigerians should enjoy direct benefits from the country’s crude oil wealth.

He said, “If a community grows food, the people of that community should not have to buy that food as though it travelled halfway around the world before reaching them. So, why should crude oil supplied to Nigerian refineries be priced as though Nigeria does not produce crude oil?”

Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, called for joint efforts to tackle poverty, hunger and insecurity, insisting that opposition leaders must place national interest above personal ambition.

He said, “We can’t all continue the way we are going today. Our people are hungry. Our people are poor. Our people are insecure. Whoever wins, genuinely, from a free, fair and credible election, we all want to work together to save this country from collapse. We declare here the social guarantee to assure you that we are changing the politics. We don’t want politics of quarrel, politics of disagreement. Let our quarrel be to feed our people. Let our quarrel be to pull our people out of poverty. We want a Nigeria where a child of nobody can be somebody without knowing anybody.”

Former Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed also backed Makinde, describing him as capable of delivering effective leadership.