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Social Democratic Party, (SDP) presidential aspirant, Prince Adebayo Adewole, has said that he would pay the country’s debt in six months if given the opportunity to become president in the 2023 general election.
According to him, corruption and incompetence are the bane of the country’s present precarious situation, adding that mismanagement and greed on the part of Nigerian leadership brought the country to a debtor nation.
Prince Adewole States this while speaking as a guest speaker of the Pastor Ituah Ighodalo led Africa leadership group lecture series titled, Nigeria: Hope in positive action.
Also, he debunked the claim that his party is divided into factions. He said Nigeria is even more divided than his party, which fortunately, has closed ranks.
“Our disagreement in SDP is not fundamental, just about administrative injustice. We are more united now than we were some months back. Nigeria has more divisions than the party. That is behind us now”.
While taking questions from the audience on the sincerity of the much criticized 1999 constitution, Prince Adewole said there was really not much problem with the constitution. The problem, according to him, lies with the people.
“Our constitution isn’t our problem. Our problem is lack of simple obedience to simple law as simple as traffic and sanitation laws. We are in a culture of disobedience and our leaders lead in that. It does not matter how faulty the constitution is, if you have people who are in the habit of disobedience, nothing works. So if you lack character, there is no way the constitution can work. Yes the constitution isn’t perfect but that isn’t the root cause of..
