Shina Peller, a member of the house of representatives, says
for “desirable change” to take place in Nigeria, the country must change its
style of politics.
The lawmaker said political godfatherism and imposition of
candidates “should be discouraged and jettisoned”.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘We2geda Movement’ on Saturday
in Lagos, Peller said there is a need for a new system of politics.
The lawmaker, who is the national coordinator of the
movement, said godfatherism and the imposition of candidates on the people must
be discouraged in order to build institutions.
“Our lamentation
about the lack of good leadership in Nigeria has been going on for a very long
time with no desirable change,” he said.
“What we must take note of is that we can’t achieve the
change that we so desire by fighting the present reality, we must build a new
system that will make the present system obsolete.
“You may want to ask, how do we achieve this? Yes, we can
address and achieve this by changing our style of politics of anointing and
imposing candidates on the electorates. We are now in a century where political
godfatherism and imposition should be discouraged and jettisoned.
“It is high time we
focused on building strong institutions that will last forever rather than
powerful individuals who have turned themselves to gods on earth.
“This is exactly what We2geda Movement aims to achieve, and
though we know it is a very difficult, we are very optimistic that with the
continued support and cooperation of great minds that make up the movement,
we’ll achieve it.
“Fellow young vibrant Nigerians, it is very important that
we are very strategic in our approaches, actions and activities if truly we
want to make a positive change.”
Kashin Ibrahim-Imam, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT)
of the movement, said future generations would benefit from the move to reform
the country’s political system.
“Money politics have
done great disservice to us. We need more hands to solve this problem. The
founding fathers were not thinking of creating Nigeria for Nigerians but for
Africans,” he said.
“This is an opportunity presented to us; hence, If you think
this is about us you are missing it. It is not about us but our unborn
generation.”
Linus Okorie, a former house of representatives member,
2baba Idibia, Kenny Blaq and Broda Shaggy were some of the notable people
present at the event.
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