Former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused Nigeria’s political leaders of practising “bread and butter” politics, using financial inducements to buy their way into public offices.
Mr Jonathan gave the advice while delivering a keynote address at the one-year memorial in honour of Idahosa Okunbo in Abuja on Saturday.
He said 2023 should be seen as an avenue to elect the kind of leadership Nigeria deserves now and in the future to assume its rightful place among nations.
“Ahead of the 2023 elections, we are getting ready to be wooed and wowed at campaign grounds by various politicians seeking different offices. But these thoughts are beyond 2023,” Mr Jonathan noted. “It is about Nigeria and the kind of leadership it deserves now and in the future to ensure that our country assumes its rightful place among the comity of nations. My charge to Nigerians is to be circumspect in the exercise of their voting rights.”
The former president…
