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.

Dan Masanin     Okin Biscuits     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Oba-Solagberu     Summit University     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Sheikh Alimi     Umar Ayinla Saro     COVID-19 Palliatives     Crystal Corner Shops     NIPOGA     Ilorin Curfew     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Monsurat Omotosho     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     KWASSIP     Tafida Of Kaiama     Gwanara     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Sulaiman Gado     Igosun     Agboola Babatunde     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Bukola Saraki     Yunus Oniboki     Monkey Pox     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Ayobami Seriki     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Turaki Of Ilorin     Kwara 2023     Shuaibu Yaman     Fola Consultant     New Naira Notes     Muhammadu Gobir     Kwara Hotel     JAMB     Aliyu Adebayo     NFAI     Mohammed Halidu     Alaaya     Olatunji Ibrahim     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Yahaya Muhammad     Kale Bayero     Kwara Liberation Group     Nigeria Computer Society     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Halidu Danbaba     Galland Marcias     Oko-Erin     Rashidi Yekini     Usman Rifun     Hussein Olokooba     Mamatu Abdullahi     Shagari     Kayode Issa     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Third Estate     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Saeedat Aliyu     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Shururat Olatinwo     Muhammed Abdullahi     TESCOM     Budo-Egba     Razak Atunwa     KWATMA     Oju Ekun Sarumi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulbaqi Jimoh     KWSUED     Alaaya     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Taofeek Sanusi     Onilorin Of Ilorin     JSSCE     Tafida     Yusuf Ali     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Olatunji Moronfoye     Ridwan Agboola     Tunji Folami     Ike Ekweremadu     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Zulu Gambari     Pategi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Tinubu     Tunji Ajanaku     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Waheed Ibrahim     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Hausa     Playing Host     Lawan     Adaramaja     ENetSuD     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Bello Abubakar     Oyun     Vasolar     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Mohammed Haruna     Student Learning Support Helpline     Tunde Kazeem     Gambari     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Halidu Danbaba     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Valsolar Consortium     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Olatinwo     Florence Saraki     Saad Omo\'ya     Baruba     Emmanuel Bello     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     CCB     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Yusuf Abubakar     Abdullahi Samari     Kwasu     Ilorin     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Femtech     Sanitation Exercise     Alagbado     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Maigidasanma     Suleiman Abubakar     Mumeen Lah     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Law School Scholarship     Awodun     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Just Event Online     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     N-Power     AbdulRazaq Jiddah