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.

Okin Biscuit     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Muhammed Abdullahi     Folorunsho Alao     Baruba     Logun     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Lanwa     Peter Amogbonjaye     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Haliru Yahaya     John Obuh     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ibrahim Taiwo     Mary Arinde     National Democratic Congress     Kannike     Sadiq Buhari     Elekoyangan     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     TVC Female National Debate     Mohammed Ibrahim     IHS     Arandun     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Muftau Akanbi Oke     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Dasuki Belgore     Ilesha-Baruba     Kwara South     Yakubu Gobir     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Jawondo     Gaa Olobi     Plat Technologies     Charles Ibitoye     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Moses Adekanye     NaAllah     Bolaji Abdullahi     Laolu Saraki     KW-GIS     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Pategi     Kolade Solagberu     Kwara 2023     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Ajikobi     Lafiagi     Anilelerin     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Kuliyan Geri     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     KWAFFA     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Muhammed Akanbi     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Oyawoye     Fulani     Amada Jidda     Kale Bayero     AIT Ilorin     Halimat Yusuf     Col. Adedipe     Gabriel Fashanu     Leke Ogungbe     Erin-ile     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Simon Sayomi     Elerinjare     Abdulwaheed Musa     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Salman Jawondo     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Abubakar Aliagan     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Shaaba Lafiagi     Saraki     Risikat Lawal     Magaji Nda     Mohammed Haruna     Taiwo Joseph     Ariyo     Ishaq Oloyede     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Iyiola Oyedepo     GANZY     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     TVC Female National Debate     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Ahmed     Segun Abifarin     Gbenga Olawepo     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Share/Tsaragi     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Susan Modupe Oluwole     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Rafiu Olasile     Wahab Kunle Shittu     National Pilot     Kwara Hotel     Abdulwahab Ololele     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Kola Bukoye     Democracy Day     Raji AbdulRasaq     Oniyangi     Kulende-UITH     Ayekale     Raymond Olaitan     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Iponrin     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Mohammed Ibrahim     NAWOJ     Afeyin-Olukuta     Ajia-Bako     Alaro     Samuel Adaramola     KWTV     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Baba-Isale     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Offa Descendants Union     David Adesina     Muritala Olarewaju     Baboko     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Maryam A. Garuba     Kayode Ogunlowo     Agbarere     Issa Oloruntogun     Agboola Abdulraheem     Kwara South     Oluranti Idowu     Ibrahim Gambari     Ibrahim Mashood     Haleeman Salman     Nurudeen Mohammed     Henry Makinwa     Omotoso     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade