Nike Roberts declares for presidency on the platform of the opposition PDP (photograph credit score: )
President of the Association of African Media Practitioners within the United States, Princess Oyenike Oyedele Roberts, has declared for the presidency of Nigeria.
Roberts declared to run on the platform of Nigeria’s foremost opposition half, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2019 basic election.
Addressing supporters in New York, she dissociated herself from corruption, vowing by no means to just accept any donation from corrupt Nigerians to fund her marketing campaign.
Roberts stated her aspiration was constructed on five-cardinal plans: Uninterrupted energy provide, high quality healthcare for all, creation of 1 million jobs yearly, high quality reasonably priced training and safety of lives and property.
She additionally claimed that the PDP was the party to beat and a viable platform as a result of it had nationwide enchantment and unfold.
“Our political system is driven by money and that’s why we have the kind of leadership. The system should be driven by meritocracy – what you know to do, how to do it and the will to do it,” she stated.
“That is what ought to drive individuals; it’s not how a lot cash you've or how a lot cash you'll be able to put money into a individual which you can management on the finish of the day.
“That’s what gave rise to the God-fatherism notion that it's who you already know that will get you to the highest. That system has continued for thus lengthy.
“But I’m seeing a new breed of leaders coming; a change that’s going to cause a shift in how we do politics in Nigeria. We don’t allow meritocracy to rule; we allow money to rule.”