Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has declared that
Nigeria doesn’t need a good man as President.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart made the remark
on Thursday at a virtual national dialogue.
Chidoka’s “good man” assertion was in response to previous
comments by a Labour Party, LP, chieftain Valentine Ozigbo.
Ozigbo, Special Adviser to Obi on Technology and Strategic
Alliances, described the LP presidential candidate as a humble man.
“When it comes to the personality of the candidates, we
don’t emphasize character. You need someone who is humble, who you can engage.
“You need somebody who is compassionate, who cares about his
country, fellow human beings; someone who fears God, who has conscience.
“There are some people who want to be empire on their own.
Even as they are today, you cannot even reach them how much more when they
become President,” the 2021 Anambra governorship candidate said.
In his contribution, Chidoka highlighted PDP’s achievements
when it controlled the federal government between 1999 and 2007.
“The challenge is when you build institutions around an
individual, you are bound to have problems.
“The lesson of our past history was that Obasanjo was a
strong active leader, and afterwards we had Yar’Adua.
“Yar’Adua was a honest and quiet man, but under whom not
much moved because every move was susceptible to conversation and long debate.
“He was a good man, the first man to declare his assets
publicly and also made his vice to declare assets publicly.
“The first man to reform the electoral system, acknowledging
that the election that brought him to power was not good.”
Chidoka however insists building institutions that will stop
the ‘business as usual syndrome’ is “far more critical than a good man.”
The former Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshal
cited ex-German ruler Adolf Hitler as an example.
“One of the good men that ruled the world was Adolf Hitler,”
the politician said.
“When he was elected, the whole Germany said this is the man
that we need to restore the German pride.
“We all know how it ended because the German people for the
first time, instead of trusting in their institutions, trusted an individual.”
Chidoka, a former governorship candidate in Anambra, also
mentioned the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“Despite the challenges of being charged to court for
corruption, the people of Brazil re-elected him again because he gets things
done.”
“Getting things done is different from an Umaru Yar’Adua who
was a good man, a very decent man, but could not get things done”, he added.
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