Dr Oby Ezekwesili has expressed disappointment with Nigeria’s dismal status in world affairs, vowing to rescue the country from mediocrity if she’s elected president.
The former Minister of Education said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday, November 11, 2018.
She said unlike the bulk of the political class that are also in the race, she’s only after rescuing Nigeria from its perpetual state of underperformance.
The candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) said Nigeria is in a very terrible situation and that Nigerians cannot afford to keep waiting while the political class keeps the nation in a “pattern of cyclical failure”
She said, “I am in politics not because I need a title or need to answer Madam President. I’m in politics because there’s an urgent need to rescue our nation. This is an Operation Rescue Nigeria.
“The political elite has been governing for the political elite, or perhaps they have been ruling, not governing.
“I’m interested in governing for Nigerians. I’m the candidate of the Nigerian people. For the first time in this cycle of politics, I really want us to discuss the people.
“I’m tired of seeing Nigeria be at the bottom of every league that measures what it takes to be a viable country.
“I’m tired of hearing potentials. I’ve been hearing potentials since I was a child and for me, it’s become dire that we should do something.”
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