A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State, Dan Ulasi, has said that limited access to campaign funds remains a major barrier to credible political competition in Nigeria, declaring that N2 billion would enable him mount a serious challenge against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
Ulasi made the statement on Thursday while speaking on Arise
Television’s Morning Show.
According to him, the excessive monetisation of politics
encourages corruption, as elected officials seek to recover campaign expenses
after assuming office.
Ulasi expressed concern over how politicians raise and spend
billions of naira on elections and political activities, questioning their
ability to deliver transparent and accountable governance.
He cited poor infrastructure and basic amenities across the
country, particularly the lack of running water in many local government areas,
as evidence of leadership failure.
The former PDP chairman also criticised what he described as
the culture of waste and extravagance among public office holders, including
the use of long convoys and large entourages for official engagements.
He said the challenges facing Nigeria were not limited to
any single political party, describing the problems as deep-rooted and
systemic.
Ulasi said: “If you give me, if you make available to me,
two billion naira, I will give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a run for his life
that he will not forget. Even if he wins, it will be a state. Unfortunately, I
don’t have the kind of money people move around in this country for public
service. It is the kind of money that encourages people to steal when they’re
in government, because you don’t know how they manage to raise billions of
naira.
“When you call billions of naira, it gives some of us goose
flesh how people spend that kind of money, and we expect them to offer honest
service to the common people. That is why I said 774, local governments in this
country, water is not running anywhere, and we seem shamelessly not worried
about it.
“People moving vehicles, governors moving 40 vehicles,
attending functions in their own city. So the problem is not just PDP, it is so
fundamental that it’s become both genotypically and phenotypically specific.
When the problem is genetic and it’s environmental, then we have a serious
crisis in this country.”
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