Don’t Divide Nigeria With Faith, Olawepo-Hashim Tells Politicians

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress and former presidential candidate of Peoples Belief within the 2019 elections, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has warned political actors in opposition to additional widening the present gulf and divisions within the nation of their race and ambition for 2023.

He warned that “the nation can’t afford to crash this democratic course of on the altar of slender self-interest by politicians who’re merely on a mission of private ambition and self-aggrandizement.”

In accordance with him, within the quest for energy by the candidates, relatively than addressing points which are germaine to nationhood, the actors, particularly the presidential candidates, have been fuelling the fervour of tribal and spiritual anger among the many folks.

“The purpose is that there’s hazard forward if this monster is just not tamed.
Our democracy faces the hazard of being trapped by a self-inflicted convulsion which can injury the present fragile ethno-religious scenario within the nation,” he added.

The supporters of the candidates, he added, have been additionally driving their campaigns and advertising candidates by way of intimidation, risk, disinformation and blackmail, with none phrase of warning from their principals.

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Olawepo-Hashim made the plea in an announcement titled, “Don’t Divide Nigeria Over 2023.”

He mentioned, “Even earlier than independence, Nigeria had a wealthy historical past of politics and political campaigns, which gave the citizens huge alternative to interrogate the candidates and celebration programmes earlier than making knowledgeable decisions and choices.

“Campaigns have been constructed round points which had been correctly elucidated within the celebration’s manifestoes. Events have been additionally held accountable for his or her programmes and the candidates towed the road of the events of their conducts and utterances.

“Within the first Republic, the 4 dominant events: the AG, the NPC, the NCNC and NEPU have been distinct and authentic in kind and deeds earlier than the electorates.

“Ditto within the Second Republic once we had the NPN, the UPN, the NPP, GNPP, PRP and the NAP which have been recognized by their programmes and points raised of their campaigns.”

“What’s nevertheless at play presently is unfortunately at variance with the nice previous days. Whereas the nation is presently held down by the demons of insecurity, vitality/energy, schooling and unemployment disaster, the events and the political actors are dancing round these essential points.”