•Says elections a failure in the making
•’Change to Buhari will be superficial’
The elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has joined the ranks of those calling for an interim government as a way out of what he described as uncertain elections next month.
Braithwaite stated this on Thursday in Abuja during a press conference organized by Mr. Toni Iwobi, an Italian Nigerian and leading member of Legal North Party, which seeks for strong change of attitudes toward immigration issues.
The erudite lawyer who was represented by Prince Ajibola Oluyede warned Nigerians to think carefully about the change they seek, which he sees as superficial rather than structural."Let me just add a few words of support and caution especially in the context of our electioneering season in Nigeria when the incumbent at the Federal level and his main challenger appear to be running their campaigns on the themes, ‘transformation’ and ‘change’", he said.
According to him, to conduct an electioneering campaign that ignores these fundamental changes and talk about change or transformation merely on the basis of change of personnel is a disservice to Nigerians and bodes grave consequences if the elections are otherwise properly conducted.
"It is for this reason that I have advocated for an interim government rather than these uncertain elections, which those with deep thinking already see as a failure in the making despite assurances from INEC", he said.
Source: Thisday
•’Change to Buhari will be superficial’
The elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has joined the ranks of those calling for an interim government as a way out of what he described as uncertain elections next month.
Braithwaite stated this on Thursday in Abuja during a press conference organized by Mr. Toni Iwobi, an Italian Nigerian and leading member of Legal North Party, which seeks for strong change of attitudes toward immigration issues.
The erudite lawyer who was represented by Prince Ajibola Oluyede warned Nigerians to think carefully about the change they seek, which he sees as superficial rather than structural."Let me just add a few words of support and caution especially in the context of our electioneering season in Nigeria when the incumbent at the Federal level and his main challenger appear to be running their campaigns on the themes, ‘transformation’ and ‘change’", he said.
According to him, to conduct an electioneering campaign that ignores these fundamental changes and talk about change or transformation merely on the basis of change of personnel is a disservice to Nigerians and bodes grave consequences if the elections are otherwise properly conducted.
"It is for this reason that I have advocated for an interim government rather than these uncertain elections, which those with deep thinking already see as a failure in the making despite assurances from INEC", he said.
Source: Thisday
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