EKO HOT BLOG reports that Bolaji Abdullahi, a former minister of sports and youth development, encouraged Nigerians on Wednesday to vote the All Progressive Congress out of power in the 2023 elections, claiming that the current ruling party had destroyed the country.
According to the former minister, Nigerians will have another historic chance to restore order to their country at the general elections in 2023.
He claimed that the ambition of making Nigeria great could only be realized if voters drove out APC-aligned politicians in the course of elections.
Abdullahi, Kwara central senatorial candidate of the PDP, in the forthcoming general election expressed this while featuring at the 33rd edition of the ‘Media Parliament’ of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Ilorin.
He spoke on ‘Retooling Nigeria For the Task Ahead’.
Abdullahi said, “The APC government has brought this nation to its kneels. All the things we thought could not happened had happened in the last seven years. There is no way we can exonerate APC from the problems of this country.
“APC has ruined this country. Nigerians should say no to any politician seeking elective office under APC. 2023 presents historic opportunity to make Nigeria work again.
Every Nigerian lives in fear today because of the problems of insecurity and poverty. The poorest of the poor are 90 million in Nigeria today. But we seem not to understand the magnitude of the problem facing us. We carry on as if all is well. We are treating cancer with wrapping bandage on it.”
Abdullahi also traced Nigeria’s problem to 1966 when the nation had its first coup plot, said that no nation can have peace without justice.
He added, “After the civil war our leaders ought to realise that the Nigeria that the British gave us could not work. We should have restructured the country then.
“Another opportunity we missed to make Nigeria a real nation was the annulment of June 12. We diagnosed the issue as if it was a Yoruba problem and decided to make one of them a president in 1999. We had a lot of opportunities in June 12 debacle but we bungled them.”
The former Minister demanded an immediate solution to the ongoing ASUU strike in order to prevent the nation’s education system from completely collapsing.
He contends that a peaceful resolution to the dispute is necessary so that students can get back to their academic pursuits.
He expressed concern over the nation’s security issues and added that all hands must be on deck to find a long-term solution.
In order to secure the country’s continued progress, Abdullahi also urged the youth to contribute their fair share.
Ahmed Abdulateef, the chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists Kwara state council, had earlier urged cooperation among all interested parties to improve the nation.
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