A group of graduates from the University of Lagos has called on the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. John Olukayode Fayemi to immediately declare his interest in the 2023 Nigeria’s presidency.
The group said, it is ready to buy the Presidential Nomination Form of the APC for Governor Fayemi, no matter the cost. The members explained, “Our reasons for rooting for Dr.Fayemi to contest the highest office in the land, is because he is one of the few Nigerians today, that can honestly help to bring down the tensed political atmosphere in the country.”
The new body, known as Akokites Graduates Initiative For Transparency and Development (AGITAD) on Sunday, March 6, 2022, held a World Press conference at the International Press Center in Ogba-Ikeja, Lagos.
The world press conference was addressed by High Chief (Dr.) Hanson Aimofumeh, a Member of AGITAD, Board of Trustees and Director of Media Engagement and Publicity. He said the time has come for Nigerians to vote a young, dynamic, intelligent calm and God-fearing personality as their President.
“The Nigerian State is not for sale. People, who think, only deep pockets can guarantee their ambition, must now begin to have a rethink. As the country’s political dynamics are about to change for the better. The office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not for sale to the highest bidder. The Nigeria of today is an enterprise of equal stakeholders and not a conglomerate of money bags. The money these so called money bags are flaunting recklessly, in the first place, is Nigeria’s commonwealth, stolen from the same people they now desperately want to govern.
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“The job of Nigerian President, among other things, requires a person that is physically fit and mentally alert. The person seeking to occupy this high office in the land, must possess a great intellectual capacity, and complete grasp of the happenings globally. Such a person must also possess an impeccable integrity and have deep understanding of contending national interests. A Nigerian President to be must also be able to strike a balance to ensure fair play, equity, harmony and peaceful coexistence of Nigeria’s multi ethnic groups.
“Painfully, Nigeria is where it is today, because the country has sadly elevated mediocrity and projected persons who have the least Presidential qualifications and qualities alongside money to the front burner of our national politics. This recklessness, we as Nigerians, can no longer allow it to continue.
“Because of our past electoral mistakes, some of the so-called rich in our midst now harbor the erroneous beliefs that the office of the Nigerian President is only the preserve of the rich. We are ready and determined this time around to prove them wrong.
The University of Lagos graduates group, therefore insists, “Now is the time to change these dangerous political narratives of our country, Nigeria. Our advice is for this group of rich Nigerians to try their hands in doing other productive things, with the exception of politics.
Hear them “Let this class of Nigerians with deep, unexplained wealth try and establish industries to accommodate the country’s army of unemployed youths. Ironically, the Nigerian youths, who are today struggling with the problems of unemployment, can be traced to these so-called Nigerians, who are now stupendously rich at the expense of the generality of the Nigerian masses.
“Their ill-gotten wealth, we all know, is stolen from Nigeria and stashed abroad to inflate the economies of foreign countries, while deflating Nigeria’s economy in the process.”
AGITAD maintained, “It is therefore, time for all well-meaning Nigerians to come together, in unison, and say enough is enough, ‘OTO GE’ according to the Yoruba parlance, to these old brigades of Nigerian politicians, who are still desperately attempting to take the country for another ride. We therefore urge all the young Nigerians from the nook and cranny of this great country, who have the ability and capability, to come on stage and declare for the 2023 Presidential race.
The Akokites Graduates Initiative For Transparency and Development (AGITAD) explained that the reasons why they are rooting for the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Olukayode Feyemi, to contest Nigeria’s presidency in the forthcoming election is,because as the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum, he has exhibited in so many instances good leadership qualities, and in the process shown beyond all reasonable doubts, that he has what it takes to lead Nigeria after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR in 2023.
“Dr, Feyemi’s leadership style has brought about cohesion, in the previously toxic and crisis ridden Nigerian Governor’s Forum. This is enough attestation to the fact that Dr. Fayemi has the personal qualities to lead Nigeria, at this crucial moment of our national history. It is again on records, that Dr. Fayemi as Chairman of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum, has piloted the body in such a way, that the NGF, is now rancor-free and in the process helped to bring down to a considerable level, the political temperature of the country as a whole.”
