There’s Nothing Unsuitable With Godfatherism — Tinubu’s Critics Are Envious

Dele Alake, director of strategic communication within the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign council, has expressed that these criticising Bola Tinubu’s godfatherism in Lagos are envious of his good deeds.

Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, was governor of Lagos state from 1999 to 2007. Since then, he has unfold his political tentacles and gained affect in nationwide politics by means of his allies.

Talking on Politics At the moment, a Channels Tv programme on Friday, Alake stated that although the notion of godfatherism has been given a unfavourable connotation in Nigeria, there may be nothing fallacious with the idea if used to advertise the general public good.

He stated those that criticise the previous governor for being a godfather lack the psychological and monetary functionality to achieve the hegemonic standing.

“The notion of godfatherism has been given a unfavourable connotation within the political lexicon of Nigeria and by those that are pointless envious of others, not as a result of they don’t want to be godfathers if they might work for it if they might have the psychological and monetary wherewithal to turn into a godfather,” he stated.

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“There’s nothing completely fallacious with godfatherism if that godfatherism is public-spirited.

“Awolowo, our revered sage, was a godfather as a result of he produced many different leaders, and Ahmadu Bello was a godfather as a result of he produced many leaders.

“Nnamdi Azikwe was a godfather as a result of he additionally sired leaders politically, so due to this fact why ought to Tinubu’s personal be given a unfavourable connotation just because people who find themselves indolent, lazy, suffuse with inertia and lethargy, can not work assiduously and can’t attain political peak by means of which they might additionally develop different leaders and turn into constructive godfathers.

“So, there may be nothing basically, inherently fallacious with having a godfather so long as it’s public-spirited.”