According to Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria is in this predicament because the two main political parties’ leaderships approached the 2023 elections with narrow self-interest rather than national interest.Information Guide Nigeria
Speaking on Wednesday, he warned that the “dance of shame” and in fighting among the powerful blocs in the parties “may snowball to something unpredictable if the brake is not applied.”
According to him, the failure to heed his warnings that there was an indication that crude and narrow interests of the various power blocs would determine the outcomes of the primaries, rather than what would be best for the country, may have put the 2023 election in a mess that may further entrap the nation.
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Olawepo- Hashim, a former presidential aspirant of the 2023 election and presidential candidate of the Trust Party in the 2019 election, stated this in a statement titled, ‘Crude self-interest, threat to 2023 election’, in Abuja.
He said, “As it is today, each presidential candidate is leading a faction of his party, while a sizable group in the same party is opposed to the flag bearer.
“In the Peoples Democratic Party, it is Atiku vs G-5; in APC, it is Tinubu vs Villa group. There is currently no distinct ideological differentiation in the polity, leaving the country in a real mess”, he said.
Speaking on, he noted that there is reasonable apprehension that the in-fighting amongst the powerful may snowball to something unpredictable if the brake is not applied to the dance of shame by Nigeria’s dominant political elite.NYSC portal
“If elections manage to hold, we can only count on luck that the winner will be responsible enough to form a Government of National Unity and begin to bring the nation together.JAMB Result
“Nigerians must also up their games to ensure that they begin to construct issue-driven politics where public good will be at the centre of choices not bribery, narrow self-interest, religious bigotry, and ethnic consideration.
This is the only way to avoid the current mess in the next election season,” he suggested.
