A presidential hopeful under the platform of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has promised to halt incessant killings bedeviling major parts of the country if elected to govern the country.
He gave this assurance while addressing the Middle Belt Conference organized by the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) with the theme: “Restructuring Nigeria and Reawakening: The Position of the Middle Belt,” held in IBB Square, Makurdi, Benue State capital.
Olawepo-Hashim, who condemned the current onslaught by killer herders, especially in the Middle Belt region, however, said the current leadership led by All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks political will to stop the killings, hence the need to change the current leadership.
He said his mission was to rescue Nigerians from abject poverty, create jobs for the teeming Nigerians, particularly youths and ensure availability of social amenities which will have direct benefit to the entire populace.
According to him, his quest for office is a struggle to save Nigeria from an inefficient leadership that has made poverty to be the hallmark of our people. “It is a struggle to build a new Nigeria, a struggle to give jobs back to our youths that have nothing to do on daily basis.”
“Middle Belt, the land of the people that were never conquered nor enslaved. I am delighted and grateful to God for this important gathering of these free people whose freedom had been put to question in a very barbaric manner under a democracy.
“It is too late in the day for Nigeria’s democracy to be subjugated. I want to assure you that like my brothers have said, this is not a personal ambition, it is a struggle to save Nigeria from imminent fascism,” he declared.
He therefore assured Nigerians that his government would fix the nation’s economy, create enabling environment for business to flourish and create jobs for the benefit of all and sundry.
Another presidential aspirant, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher said many Nigerians from the region are eminently qualified to become the next president of this country.
According to him, “we have very highly qualified leaders in this region who can become the president of this nation. If I become the president of this country, there will be peace, equity, quality, progress and Nigeria will be greater.”
In his own speech, the Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who is also another aspirant, Dr Obadiah Mailafia said the race was not a do or die affair and whoever emerges among the contestants would be supported during the forthcoming presidential election.
“We are all going to work together because we are brothers and sisters, the race is not about me, it is not a must, it is about our people, their long suffering and the destiny of this nation. What kind of leadership do we want? What kind of transformation do we want?
“My vision is of a country that will be competing with Germany not South Africa or Brazil. A very advanced technological society based on the rule of law, based on democracy and socio justice.
“This is what I believe in. I believe in good government and I believe in servant leadership, this country must not continue like this, it may collapse, so let us work for a collation of patriots not only from the Middle Belt but through South and the North extent of this nation, he pleaded.
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