65 Years After, Nigeria Needs Sober Reflection – President Of Political Scientists

The nationalist president of the Nigeria Political Science Association, Prof. Hassan Saliu, has described Nigeria’s 65th independency day arsenic a momentous juncture that calls for sober reflection.

Saliu who spoke with LEADERSHIP successful Ilorin, Kwara State lamented that immoderate Nigeria’s leaders person squandered galore opportunities.

The NPSA president added: “Nigeria @ 65 is simply a momentous juncture that calls for sober reflection, peculiarly among its leaders, who look to person squandered galore opportunities. One specified accidental is the immense lipid gross generated from lipid sales.

“A basal anticipation was that the state would prioritise protecting this sector. However, nationalist refineries person been neglected contempt yearly budgets allocated to them. While Nigeria struggles to repair its refineries, Aliko Dangote has launched his own, albeit amidst concerns. The commencement of operations astatine the Dangote refinery has disappointed immoderate Nigerians who had hoped for important reductions successful lipid prices, and it has besides exposed the quality of the ruling elites. The lipid sector’s show is concerning, peculiarly its nonaccomplishment to stimulate different sectors of the economy.

“Overall, portion 1 could accidental truthful far, truthful good, determination are much pressing issues to bespeak on. One of these issues is the signifier of democracy, which has proven ineffective successful improving the lives of the wide population. Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian strategy seems stuck successful a rhythm of elections, with citizens eagerly awaiting the adjacent circular owed to unfulfilled promises of a amended future.

“Paradoxically, the much years spent nether democracy, the much Nigerians are ensnared by poverty. The existent contented to interrogate is the cognition of democrats successful the country. In my view, ideology has go specified sloganeering, benefiting lone those successful power.

For me, each is not good successful the country. Many issues request to beryllium addressed, but the radical are losing assurance successful the governing process, evident successful their withdrawal from governmental participation. My agenda, therefore, is to span the immense spread betwixt Nigerians and their authorities astatine each levels.

“At 65, the morale of Nigerians is precise low, which should situation the ruling elites to wantonness the cognition of the past that suggests things would benignant themselves out. That luxury is nary longer disposable to the leaders owed to the harsh realities of surviving conditions successful the country. Our leaders should set themselves and bash what is indispensable for the citizens.”