A former National Commissioner
for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Lai Olurode has
faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for not rejecting the N45m fee the All
Progressives Congress, APC, placed on the Presidential nomination form.
Olurode said Buhari should reject
the fee because it automatically shut out other aspirants on the platform of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, from contesting.
Speaking during the annual
National conference of Muslim Students of Nigeria, MSSN, in Lagos on Sunday,
the Professor of Sociology said other aspirants, especially the youth, who
could not afford the nomination form, had been shut out by the decision of the
All Progressives Congress, APC.
He said, “That is a wrong way of
opening up the political system. The political space is still restricted,
definitely, there is no youth that can go, not to talk of the money that you
need to even do campaign.
“So before you know it, we are
all in the hands of moneybags, and wherever money dictates, you cannot have
development.
“It must be supported with strong
ethics and with strong morals. Morals are being checkmated. So there is no
opportunity for a young person to go into politics.
“I think the leadership of the
country must respond more timeously and strongly to challenges confronting the
youth in this country.”
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