Presidency not for people above 65 years - Presidential aspirant

Date: 2018-05-09

A 2019 presidential aspirant under the banner of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr John Dara, has said that old age among Nigeria's political leaders has been to the nation's disadvantage than blessings.

Speaking with journalists in his Ipe country home, Oyun local government area of Kwara state on Tuesday when he formally joined the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared his presidential ambition, Mr Dara said that people above 65 years of age should no longer be voted into political office "as old age is part of leadership problems in Nigeria.

Mr Dara, who said that the nation is in a state of emergency and currently suffering from leadership deficit, added that many potential political leaders were being dogged by corruption while others still exhibit past military backgrounds in form of militocracy.

The presidential aspirant, who was a PDP governorship aspirant in Kwara state in 2015 general elections, therefore called for concerted and collaborative efforts among Nigerians in the task of taking the country to next level of development.

He also called on progressive-minded politicians to join the fold of the SDP to bringing the country from the brink of political and socioeconomic collapse.

The presidential aspirant, who said that political parties should serve as a vehicle for social mobilization, be value driven and obey rule of law, regretted that many political parties in the country lacked internal democracy and encouraged selfish interest and anarchy.

He said that the dominant political parties in the country had failed woefully in galvanizing internal democracy, adding that the nation urgently needed an ideological party with a free enterprise without government intervention like the SDP.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Ojuekun Sarumi     Zainab Abass     Ahmad Ali     Mohammed Halidu     Kayode Issa     Ibrahim Labaika     Maryam Nurudeen     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Kwara University Of Education     Mohammed Haruna     Akeem Lawal     IFK     Sabitiyu Grillo     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     N-Power     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Ojo Fadumila     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Sango-UITH Road     Moses Rahman Popoola     NITDA     Tunji Moronfoye     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Laboratory-to-Product     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Shettima     Saadu Alanamu     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Elections     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Naira Redesign     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Ilesha Gwanara Road     JAMB     Elese Of Igbaja     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Ibrahim Gambari     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Arinola Lawal     Laolu Saraki     Nigerian Correctional Service     Al-Adaby     Oyelere Oyinloye     Hauwa Nuru     Mohammed Yisa     Oniyangi     General Hospital, Offa     IsDB     Oni Adebayo     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Erubu Oba Zubair     Bolaji Aladie     Kwara State Football Association     Paul Odama     Kwara State Fire Service     Police Commissioner     Lukman Adeloyin     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Mazars Consulting     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Umar Sanda Yusuf     JSSCE     Ilorin Innovation Hub     David Adesina     Ibrahim Mashood     Ayo Salami     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     TIC     Marufat Oladosu     International Aviation College    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Issa Baba     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Sodiya     Seni Saraki     Olupako     Eleja     Isiaka Alikinla     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Solomon Edoja     Adeniyi Ojo     Makama     Cornelius Adebayo     Laboratory-to-Product     Omoniyi     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     National Democratic Congress     Abdullahi Samari     Ahmad Belgore     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Jimoh Akani     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Ilorin Curfew     Kwara Poly     Facebook     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     NSCIA     Allocation     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Ajasse-Ipo     Press Release     V.O. Abioye     EndSARS     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Aliyu Adebayo     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Al-Hikmah Radio     Marufat Oladosu     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Issa Oloruntogun     Bursary     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Kulende-UITH     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Muhammed Abdullahi     Dankaka     Mubarak Oladosu     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Matthew Babaoye     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Niyi Osundare     Sheikh Ariyibi     Kola Shittu     Kolo     Split Diamond Interchange     Al-Hikmah University     Sheikh Alimi     NAWOJ     Odo-Owa     Ibrahim Jawondo     Kwha.gov.ng     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Saliu Tunde Bello     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Na\'Allah     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     2023 Elections     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Ahmed Alhasssan     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum