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.

Akeem Lawal     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Sarah Alade     Bola Shagaya     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Rafiu Ajakaye     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Oloyede     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Summit University     Tanke     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Salihu Yahaya     Emir Of Kano     Kayode Alabi     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Biliaminu Aliu     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Sam Okaula     New Nigeria People’s Party     Doyin Group     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Roheemat Hammed     ENetSuD     Hassan A. Saliu     Solomon Edojah     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Dogara     Tunde Akanbi     A.E. Afolabi     Eghe Igbinehin     Pacify Labs     Michael Ologundea     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Ilorin International Airport     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     SUBEB     Minimum Wage     Tunji Arosanyin     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Alaaya     AIT Ilorin     Obayomi Azeez     Okeose Christian Cementary     Owo Arugbo     Baba Isale     Abubakar Lah     Okin High School     Amule Elementary School     Michael Nzekwe     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Mogaji Aare     Suleman Abubakar     Afeyin-Olukuta     Ojuekun     Shaaba Lafiagi     Tunji Ajanaku     Abioye Bello     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     March 28     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Yakub Lai Gobir     Yusuf Mubarak     Moshood Bakare     Joseph Daudu     Kwara Apc     Muritala Awodun     Dunmade     Bashirat Bola Bello     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Abubakar Usman Jos     Convocation Ceremonies    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin Metro Park     Mutawali     Sabi     Tope Daramola     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Tunji Folami     Azeez Bello     Salihu Ajia     Oyedepo     Babaita     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Kazeem Oladepo     Wahab Issa     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Oloye     REO CAKES     Osinbajo     Akume     TESCOM 2025     AGF Abdulrazaq     Ijakadi     Shonga     School Of Nursing     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Oyelere Oyinloye     Abubakar Imam     Adesoye     Sam Onile     Saad Omo Iya     Kwara University Of Education     LEAH Charity Foundation     Charcoal     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Oke-Ero     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Mohammed Lawal     Hakeem Lawal     Ayinde Oki     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Micheal Imoudu     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Ajia-Bako     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Kola Shittu     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Air Peace     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Olokoba Sulyman     Roseline Oni Aremu     Aliyu Adebayo     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Amos Justus Sayo     Titus Ashaolu     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     UNIFEMGA     Shero     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Lai Mohammed     Jimoh Bashir     IHS Towers     Marufat Oladosu     Alapansapa     Iqra Books     Olupako     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Abubakar Ndakene     Alfa Yahaya Road     Olaitan Buraimoh     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Yusuf Lanre Badmas