A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from Southeast Nigeria, Chief Emeka Kalu, has opined that poor leadership as demonstrated by the All Progressive Congress-led federal government is responsible for challenges ravaging the country.
The former governorship aspirant from Abia State made this opinion known in an interview with DAILY POST on Monday, in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.
He opined that until Nigerians do-away with ethnic sentiment and see ‘Nigeria’ as collectively ours, “there will be no positive impacts in leadership for the future generations to copy; except the government sincerely follow due process in recommending and appointing officers to occupy various federal offices, boards, commissions and departments.”
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He further said, “There is nothing wrong with Nigeria as a country; she is blessed with profit-yielding economic and natural resources with admiring environmental beautifications; Nigeria has talented citizens who are productive, innovative and industrious. Her only problems are lack of purposeful leadership and the ills of ethnic hatred that had deepened against national unity and even development.
“This effrontery begets marginalization of some ethnic nationalities by others who see themselves as sacred for being in power. Political administration as a channel through which leadership is brought to the doorsteps of the people has become a stroke of punishment and ethnic unhealthy rivalry. Until we understand and take the overall interest of unconditional love for Nigeria as one bunch of unbreakable, indivisible and united entity, we will continue to experience the ills of crisis, insecurity and agitations from groups or set of people who feel marginalized and maltreated by the government of the day.
“Until we drop undue sentiment of ethnicity and see ‘Nigeria’ as collectively ours, there will be no positive impacts in leadership for the future generations to copy. Nigeria will still be nursing the feeling of backwardness.”
