The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) within the 2023 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has advocated an overhaul of the Nigerian political system to usher in new and reformed leaders with real intentions to serve the folks, if the leaders should regain residents’ confidence.
Adebayo who was the keynote speaker on the well-attended 2024 reunion programme of Home of Representatives members from 1979 until date added that Nigerians consider that politicians haven’t any ideas with little or no integrity, a state of affairs, all of which have created a damaging picture of the nation to the skin world.
Whereas commending the convener of the occasion, Rt Honourable Mulikat Akande Adeola, he urged former and current lawmakers to at all times come out as a physique to talk out in opposition to injustice and maladministration the place and when crucial.
In accordance with him, Home of Representatives members are the closest parliamentarians to the folks on the federal stage, and he regretted that those that are presupposed to be the closest are not being trusted by their constituents.
“Allow us to be trustworthy with ourselves, the place are we at present? How far have we travelled? We must be trustworthy and agree that we’re nowhere close to the place we’re presupposed to be. I consider that’s the reason this gathering is now known as upon to proceed the dialogue.
“Once more, fact be informed, we should rehabilitate the political class in order that the folks of Nigeria can consider of their leaders. Whenever you go someplace and say, I’m a politician, folks must be blissful to speak to you, they need to respect what they do, and respect what they are saying both as a person or as a authorities.
“If this occurs, our nation might be revered exterior Nigeria. However at present it’s a distinction. Will we anticipate people who find themselves struggling, people who find themselves hungry, and individuals who can’t afford to earn a dwelling to respect what the political class is saying?
“What Nigerians are saying is that politicians haven’t any ideas. Politicians are usually not good, forgetting that there isn’t a nation that’s succesful and profitable that doesn’t have a well-respected political class.”
He emphasised that for a greater Nigeria to be assured for everybody, there must be robust establishments together with safety structure, judiciary, civil service, and trade.
“In a rustic with a excessive unemployment charge, each citizen sees politics as a profession enterprise for self-serving and never for public service,” he lamented.
Earlier of their separate remarks, the convener of the 2024 Home of Representatives’ reunion, Rt Honourable Mulikat Akande Adeola and former speaker of the eighth Meeting who spoke on behalf of the presiding officer, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, described the reunion as first of its type, with assurances that they’ll proceed to fulfill periodically to debate the state of the nation and points affecting the parliament.
The audio system stated that regardless of the present financial doldrums of the nation, problems with nation-building and unity in patriotic criticism must be their watchwords.
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