By From Odun Edward, Ilorin 14 February 2023 | 10:56 am Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that politics driven by personal ambition and self-interest being played in the country is the bane of democratic growth. APC Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that politics driven by personal ambition and self-interest being played in the country is the bane of democratic growth. Speaking to reporters in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday, he said commitment to ideology-based politics and principles are urgently required to make the nation’s democracy flourish. Olawepo-Hashim said these ideals made the Second Republic the most flowery in the country’s democratic history, adding: “This has been the reason it seems like Nigeria’s past was more meaningful than the present. “If we want rapid development as we saw in the First Republic, when Nigeria was a leading light among Third World countries, our leadership recruitment must be based on the ideals that politicians stand for; their personal records, rather than their financial war chests.” The former presidential aspirant noted that meaningless talks, such as ‘it is my turn’, and religious bigotry will only continue to divide the country and plunge it into violence. The party system where principles and ideology reign, he submitted, must be revived and restored, while party supremacy returns. Latest 17 mins ago Director General, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign organization of the Labour Party (LP), Balogun Akin Osuntokun, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately cancel the logistics contract entered into, between the electoral umpire and the Lagos State Park and Garage Management Committee. 21 mins ago Anxiety is building up as commercial banks in Kano are refusing to attend to customers with the old naira notes. Our correspondent gathered that the banks are not issuing the new naira notes to customers in return. The Guardian observed that some branches of financial institutions in the city have already shut down operations against… 33 mins ago Labour Party presidential campaign council has debunked a claim that the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akinolu, barred the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from visiting the royal palace during a campaign rally in Lagos on Saturday. The director-general of the LP presidential campaign council, Akin Osuntokun, in a statement on Monday said that a press… 40 mins ago Players from across the country have converged on Kaduna, venue of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) President’s Beach Volleyball Cup, which began yesterday. 42 mins ago Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the engine room of every economy. This fulcrum of the Nigerian economy, unlike other climes, has however witnessed policy summersaults from with successive administrations. These summersaults have negatively affected and stunted the growth of the sector. Over the years, the number of MSMEs operators has been depleted owing to majorly a very harsh economic climate.
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