Nigerian political class cannot offer good governance -Durotoye

The presidential candidate of the Alliance for
New Nigeria (ANN),  Olufela Durotoye has attributed
Nigeria’s continued problems on politicians who cannot offer good governance.

Durotoye said this in an interview with Channels where he said Nigeria
needs nation builders and not politicians to move it forward.

 “I’m
not a politician, I’m a nation-builder,” Durotoye said

“The greatest challenge we have with turning a
blessed country like Nigeria into a great nation is just getting good
governance for Nigeria, and getting politicians out so that nation builders can
govern.”

The ANN candidate also described Professor
Kingsley Moghalu, and former presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of
Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, as also belonging to the nation-builder
class.

He argued that the three of them have
different agenda for the country as against the political class who have led
the country to where it is.

“Just going by what you would call the quality
of life index, I would say that we haven’t done well. There are now more people
out of work more than ever,” Durotoye said

He added, “Where is the hope? Today I think
that is one of the greatest challenges that we have. In terms of hope,
Nigerians are less hopeless; in fact, more hopeless than they have ever been.

“And you can see that also in the number of
people travelling out. Today, most people have lost faith in government but
that’s not the one that pains me the most; they have lost faith in themselves.

“They have lost faith in their ability to be able to change and make things better.”

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