The 2023 general election is less than 60 days away. At this stage of the nation’s electoral period, it is only natural for various political parties and party candidates seeking power to intesify their efforts toward curring favour of the Nigerian electorates who are going to cast their votes during the presidential and National Assembly polls on February 25 and decide who shall have their mandate of steering the political ship of the country from its current state to where it ought to be.
In view of the hope of Nigerians for a productive election come February 2023, former education minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili emphasised the need for the Nigerian electorates to avoid basing their hopes or choice of candidates on political promises like wise the need for political contenders to cultivate the habit of telling the electorates the truth about the state of the nation, rather than promising immediate returns if they are voted to power.
Dr Ezekwesili disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television’s Political Paradigm, published on Channels TV blog on Tuesday. According to the former minister for education, regardless of who emerges the new president of Nigeria next year, immediate results may not be achieved in four years due to the level of decay in the system. Dr. Ezekweli gave the following remarks:
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‘’Candidates who are running for elections must tell electorates the bitter truth. The bitter truth is that the country is not in a place for any President to immediately deliver results.
‘’What matters is that you have a president who understands the problems that need to be solved and has the idea of how to go about solving it.
‘’Any candidate who is promising instant results after the 2023 elections is not being fair to you. So, it is important that we understand that citizens must be ready for the work ahead because it is going to require everybody working together to make this happen” she said.
