IKA HOUSE OF REPS. ASPIRANT LAMENTS IMPOSITION OF CANDIDATES
By Andy Adaigbe (FLAGNEWS).
UMUNEDE.
A House of Representatives aspirant from Ika Federal Constituency, Mr. Sebastine Okoh, has described imposition of unqualified candidates among political parties in Nigeria as the cause of bad governance across the country.
While speaking with FLAGNEWS NIGERIA recently, Okoh said imposition has been a major threat to political development in the country, particularly in all the states of the federation.
He mentioned that the issue of imposition has led to poor development in the states because it does not allow for the best candidates to emerge.
He noted that there were many best candidates suitable for the political development of the states but candidates are chosen based on sentiments which are not capable of bringing development to the state and country in general.
He lamented the rate at which religious and ethnic sentiments have become the yardstick for measuring the qualification of candidates rather than looking at their antecedents, qualifications and capability for the office they seek to occupy.
According to him, over 90 per cent of political office holders were imposed on the electorate, but in recent times, the electorate have begun to find alternatives and it is hopeful that before the 2019 general elections imposition would have been eliminated or reduced to the bare-minimum.
“I hope party leaders across political divides would realise that the electorate are getting more sophisticated daily and are seeing imposition as a problem that must be tackled and dealt with before it leads to something more devastating than loss of votes in future elections”, Okoh added.
Speaking on the issue of young people seeking political offices, the Umunede born philanthropist disclosed that the youths have right to seek what is theirs, but added that the economic situation across the country was not friendly with their demands.
He sought a political atmosphere that would be economically viable for youths to take over the political leadership of the country in line with the challenges of modern times, which would not be solved without their inputs.
Sebastine Okoh further called on the good people of Ika federal constituency to throw their weights behind his divine mandate in order to ensure quality representation, equitable distribution of the dividends of democracy, development of the Ika nation to be among the top rated in the country, eradication of youth restiveness and penury, among others.
UMUNEDE.
A House of Representatives aspirant from Ika Federal Constituency, Mr. Sebastine Okoh, has described imposition of unqualified candidates among political parties in Nigeria as the cause of bad governance across the country.
While speaking with FLAGNEWS NIGERIA recently, Okoh said imposition has been a major threat to political development in the country, particularly in all the states of the federation.
He mentioned that the issue of imposition has led to poor development in the states because it does not allow for the best candidates to emerge.
He noted that there were many best candidates suitable for the political development of the states but candidates are chosen based on sentiments which are not capable of bringing development to the state and country in general.
He lamented the rate at which religious and ethnic sentiments have become the yardstick for measuring the qualification of candidates rather than looking at their antecedents, qualifications and capability for the office they seek to occupy.
According to him, over 90 per cent of political office holders were imposed on the electorate, but in recent times, the electorate have begun to find alternatives and it is hopeful that before the 2019 general elections imposition would have been eliminated or reduced to the bare-minimum.
“I hope party leaders across political divides would realise that the electorate are getting more sophisticated daily and are seeing imposition as a problem that must be tackled and dealt with before it leads to something more devastating than loss of votes in future elections”, Okoh added.
Speaking on the issue of young people seeking political offices, the Umunede born philanthropist disclosed that the youths have right to seek what is theirs, but added that the economic situation across the country was not friendly with their demands.
He sought a political atmosphere that would be economically viable for youths to take over the political leadership of the country in line with the challenges of modern times, which would not be solved without their inputs.
Sebastine Okoh further called on the good people of Ika federal constituency to throw their weights behind his divine mandate in order to ensure quality representation, equitable distribution of the dividends of democracy, development of the Ika nation to be among the top rated in the country, eradication of youth restiveness and penury, among others.
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