16th January, 2018/Politics/Omori Omori
Former Governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, have indicated interest to contest for the highest political office in Nigeria
Duke, who was a guest speaker at the 3rd Mike Omotosho Annual Lecture titled, “Mellinials as protagonists in nation-building” in Abuja, on Sunday,14th January, 2018. He promised to kick-start the process at the right circumstances.
According to him, “I am entitled to run for the presidency of this country. I am entitled to it. Only on right circumstances I will aspire for it. I don’t shy away from responsibility, only the right circumstance, I will aspire for presidency of this country. I have what it takes to be president of this country.
The former governor charged that “It was high time Nigerians begun to project people with the technical know-how to take the country to the Promised Land.
Also challenging the youth to be involve in all electronic processes by getting their permanent Voters Card and sensitising others ahead of 2019 election, rather than loafing around and looking for who to heap their problems on.
“I hear young people ask why would they spend hours queuing and casting their votes when, at the end, their votes won’t count. I tell them that if when parents conceived them, they never gave up on them considering the high mortality rate; so why would they not take a chance in building this nation?
We had young leadership at one stage or the other. Even in our first republic, besides the likes of Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa, M. T. Mbu was in his twenties when he became a minister.
“Gowon was 30 when he became the head of state. It comes back to the disaster therein because most of them didn’t have experience in governance, which led us into war. We need the combination of both.
“What I think we should be doing is to a government that is youth friendly to provide opportunities because we need to groom the next set of leadership.”
Mr. Duke, who disapproved of recent death of Nigerian migrants on Mediterranean sea and slavery in Libya, couple with job loss and rate of unemployment in Nigeria, summed it up, “I don’t know what a definition of failed State is and I don’t want to categorise Nigeria as a failed state yet, however, a state that was unable to provide for its people has faded up.
He further point out that the current challenge we have today is the disconnect. That is the challenge of the governance today. We should stop to deceive ourselves here and stop all these political correctness. There is disconnecting between the president and even the ministers.”
Omori Omori
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