Still basking in the euphoria of their second year in office, a governorship aspirant for the 2027 election in Kogi State, Chief Aminu Nda Onuh has advised President Bola Tinubu, state governors and other leaders to imbibe the spirit of tolerance in order to serve as a leading light to upcoming democracies in Africa.
Onuh, who congratulated them for attaining two years in office said it is still not uhuru as people are yet to feel the real impact of governance in some states of the federation, adding that to justify the votes given to them, all the elected representatives must re-assess themselves in the last two years and redouble their efforts to meet the yearning and aspirations of the people that elected them.
“We may have said we have done our best but your best may not be enough because there are glaring pains on the faces of every average Nigerian, meaning that a lot needs to be done to salvage the situation in the country,” he said.
On political tolerance, the Kogi born grassroots politician remarked that politics without opposition is not healthy, stressing that a leader must be criticized to sit up and should not see criticism as political witch hunting.
“We must learn to tolerate ourselves, whether you are in the opposition or a member of a ruling party in order to sustain our democracy.
“Many of our leaders paid the supreme sacrifice for this nascent democracy to be born and it will be a great disservice to them to allow our personal ambitions thwart the gains,” he added.
Onuh disclosed that he will be running in the 2027 election in Kogi to rescue the state, provide good leadership and also unite the people, who have over the years been divided by partisan politics.
He lamented: “We have had a long standing history from Old Kabba Province to Kwara State and today we are in Kogi State. We are together by destiny but ironically we are disunited by ethnic strife, occasioned by bad political actors, whose stock in trade is to score cheap political points."
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