Olawepo-Hashim wants politicians to support APC for good governance

Date: 2021-08-09

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Trust (PT) in the 2019 election, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in driving the country to its deserved socio-economic and political destination.

Olawepo-Hashim, who defected to the APC last Wednesday, alleged that most of the smaller parties in the country were registered by different factions of the two major political parties, APC and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as Plan B or as fall back.

In a statement yesterday, the pioneer Deputy National Publicity Secretary of PDP said apart from picking some small seats on such smaller political platforms, there was nothing fundamentally meaningful the fringe parties were designed to achieve.

"Let us be the true Core Progressive wing of the APC that will revive values and ideologies of individuals in politics, as you have the progressive wing of the Democratic Party in the United States of America," he pleaded.

Olawepo-Hashim also cautioned against vices that could weaken the roles and status of political parties in the nation's democracy.

In a chat with The Guardian in Ilorin, yesterday, he said that APC's structural frames were being threatened by greedy and selfish politicians, lacking in firm ideologies.

His words: "When the PDP started, for instance, from what we called G-37 then, we were all persons with similar ideologies and great visions for a united nation. Indeed, the zeal in us was how to move Nigeria forward.

"But when people started trooping into the party, the ideology became a thing of the past, just as the visioners were shoved aside, thus leaving the party into the hands of many members who did not really know the reasons for the formulation of the party."

The former PDP spokesman, who also contested the Kwara State governorship seat but lost narrowly to former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, said unless people of like minds come together under similar political parties, the much-expected dividends of democracy might be delayed.

Besides, he canvassed a political system that would not allow political participants to see politics as a full-time job, noting that the existing structure, if not jettisoned, could be too expensive for the sustenance of democracy.

According to him, the present Nigerian leadership should not be exclusively blamed for some of the ills bedeviling the nation, but "we should blame and query the level of our patriotism to our nation."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Benin Republic     Okiki     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Code Of Conduct     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Yakub Ali-Agan     Haleeman Salman     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Elesie Of Esie     Communication Network Support Services     Adamu B. Yaqubu     IYA YUSUF     Bola Sagaya     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Emir Of Shonga     Chief Of Staff     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Kwara Liberation Group     TIIDELab     Olabimpe Olani     Ajikobi     Ben Duntoye     Abikan     Aliyu Sabi     Taofeek Sanusi     Sa\'adu Gambari     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Col. Taiwo     David Adesina     Arik     IFK     Bola Olukoju     Adedipe     Oloje     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Segun Adeniyi     Irepodun     Arandun     Oye Tinuoye     Pakata     Summit University     Presidential Election     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Ahmad Belgore     ITEM 7     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Tosin Saraki     Undergraduate Bursary     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Roseline Oni Aremu     Ramadan     Ridwan Agboola     JAMB     Split Diamond Interchange     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Abdulwahab Ololele     Kisira     MalHub     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Akorede     Matthew Okedare     Umar Ayinla Saro     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     UITH     Nurudeen Muhammed     2017 Budget     Aliyu Salihu     Okin Malt     Olatomiwa Williams    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Aliyu Alhassan     Amos Sayo     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Zaratu Umar     Kwara State Sports Commission     Omar Gambari     International Aviation College     SARS     Saliu Alamoyo     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Valsolar     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     A.E. Afolabi     Kayode Issa     Ahmed Bayero     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Seni Saraki     Charles Ibitoye     Kuliyan Geri     Adeniyi Ojo     Toyin Saraki     UNIFEMGA     IYA ALFA NLA     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     National Broadcasting Commission     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Offorjama     Ganiyu Abolarin     Sabi     Salake     Saliu Ajia     Waheed Ibrahim     Amule Elementary School     2017 Budget     Umar Gunu     Olateju Lukman     Hausa     Olosi Of Osi     Simeon Ajibola     Yusuf Abubakar     NNPP     Niyi Ogundiran     Owode Market     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Durosinlohun Kawu     Revenue Court     Kwara Hotel     Oko Erin     Lotus Bank     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Yakubu Shaaba     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Ayinde Oyepitan     Umar Ayinla Saro     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Isiaka Oniwa     Ibrahim Mashood     ASMAU PLAZA     Ridwan Agboola     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     FERMA     Offa Poly     Anilelerin     Akanbi-Oke     Bankole Omisore     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Summit University     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Yahaya Seriki     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Ilorin.Info