Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has said the winner-takes-all reality during election in Nigeria is the reason for the tension build-up, unemployment and poverty in the county.
He said this yesterday in Asaba, during the maiden edition of Maris Annual Lecture, organised by the Maris Trust Council.
The theme of the lecture was “Managing Post-Election Challenges: Nigeria as Case Study.”
His words, “Particularly, the winner takes it all after every election builds up tension; it complicates situations and builds high rate of unemployment and poverty in our country.”
He said it was sad that elections in Nigeria are always violent.
His words, “I am an advocate of free, fair and credible elections.”
Guest Lecturer, Chief Williams Makinde also shared that the post-election issues in Nigeria had bearing with poverty, lack of jobs among other things in Nigeria.
His words, “HID is the indicator of sustainable development; it is a summary measure for accessing long-term progress in three basic elements of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living.
“To allow government address the challenges of the right type of development, the political elite, career politicians and all other rent-seeking stakeholders must manage their greed.
“There is enough to meet everybody’s need but there can never be enough to meet everybody’s greed.”
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