Politics of my turn will plunge Nigeria into chaos, violence – APC chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has faulted the country’s present political structure.

Speaking to selected reporters in Ilorin, Olawepo-Hashim said our present brand of politics is driven by personal ambition and self interest and cannot breed development.

According to the former presidential aspirant, “If we want rapid development as we saw in the first republic, our leadership recruitment must be based on the Ideals rather than personal record or politician’s war chest.

“Nonsense and meaningless talks such as it is my turn and religious bigotry will only continue to divide the country and plunge it into violence”, he noted.

He said Nigeria has already bungled the current process but needs to fix it before the next election cycle.

The party system where principle and ideology reign, he submitted, must be revived and restored, while party supremacy is returned.

“Party organisations and structures must revolve around the people, not around the merchants and emperors in different states as (governors). Our political structure is chaotic and revolves around money, voilence, ethnicity and religious bigotry”, he added.

He said voter’s education remains key to getting the political process right.

“Like in the first and second republics, the voters must be confident enough to reject the deceit of political, ethnic and religious bigots who parade the political landscapes with foul language and filthy lucre.”