Politics

APC Chieftain Writes On 21 Political Lies In Nigeria

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4 years ago

Apr 5, 2021.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, says his book on “21 political lies in Nigeria” is to educate the electorate on the antics of politicians during elections.

Iyiola said this on Monday in Ilorin while speaking at the presentation of the book.

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 21 chapter, 140 pages book chronicled many lies told by politicians to win votes during campaigns.

According to him, the book is targeted mainly to educate the electorate on how to vote for candidates seeking their franchise, adding that if the electorate votes wrongly, it will live with them for another four years.

“I sat down and examined issues through which we win election and I discovered that some of these issues may be there, they are important, but they are being manipulated to miseducate the public to put people in political authority which at the end of the day does not augur well for the people.

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“So, my motivation is borne from consideration for the people of Nigeria. The book is more to the people than the politicians.

“Politicians must deceive, they are like applicants; they are applying for jobs and if they should deceive people to get the job, they will do it.

“It is left for the electorate to know that we will no more tolerate the deceit. This deception that is giving us bad governance from election party to another is not the best.

“I want to use the book to educate the people about the lies of people in authority.

“I want the NGOs to use the book and a sensitisation manual to several people so that they will know when a politician is telling a lie,” Iyiola said.

He said politicians would employ lie, adding that it is left for the electorate to identify a lie from genuine promise during campaign.

Iyiola said what he discussed in the book were the variables that made politicians to win elections in the country.

“The variables, in fact are in existence. It is the manipulations of the variables that make them lies that is the focus of this book,” he explained.

Iyiola said the variables that politicians turned to lies were centred on ethnicity and population, religion, money, Godfatherism, community conflicts, politics of imposition, wealth and fame, docility of the electorate, poverty and nebulous federalism.

He also said the lies also include North/South political focus, violence, politics of power rotation, philanthropy, traditional institution, the rich, their children and politics, youth and politics, education, inherited fame, incumbency power and political platforms.

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