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In order to focus on consolidating the dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to get involve in the race to 2011 presidency.
The advice came from a former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Prof. Tunde Adeniran. He said instead, Jonathan should concentrate in repositioning the country’s both political and economic potentials capable of moving the country forward.
Adeniran who is also a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also kicked against appointing Minister of Information and Communication Prof. Dora Akunyili as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said the next INEC chairman should be someone who has integrity, knowledge, experience and wide acceptance, saying that Akunyili has most of the credentials but might not be acceptable by many based on her partisan politics.
“My genuine advice is that Mr. President should concentrate fully and firmly in repositioning the country and as a key stakeholder in PDP to work towards repositioning the party for among others the entrenchment of internal democracy,” Adeniran said.
He said that Akunyili would be a bad choice going by the agitation for Electoral Reform in the country.
He said, “If you go back to the criteria I mentioned earlier, you will know that even though she is a lady of integrity, she is a wonderful Nigerian and a great achiever and I did say that the criteria are the irreducible minimum. So it may not be right to appoint her as INEC chairman because people will perceive her, even before she takes off, she will be perceived as a likely person who will be partisan.”
On the crises in his party, Adeniran admitted that the party had not got it right but said there is hope for the party to get it right.
In order to focus on consolidating the dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to get involve in the race to 2011 presidency.
The advice came from a former Nigerian Ambassador to Germany Prof. Tunde Adeniran. He said instead, Jonathan should concentrate in repositioning the country’s both political and economic potentials capable of moving the country forward.
Adeniran who is also a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also kicked against appointing Minister of Information and Communication Prof. Dora Akunyili as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said the next INEC chairman should be someone who has integrity, knowledge, experience and wide acceptance, saying that Akunyili has most of the credentials but might not be acceptable by many based on her partisan politics.
“My genuine advice is that Mr. President should concentrate fully and firmly in repositioning the country and as a key stakeholder in PDP to work towards repositioning the party for among others the entrenchment of internal democracy,” Adeniran said.
He said that Akunyili would be a bad choice going by the agitation for Electoral Reform in the country.
He said, “If you go back to the criteria I mentioned earlier, you will know that even though she is a lady of integrity, she is a wonderful Nigerian and a great achiever and I did say that the criteria are the irreducible minimum. So it may not be right to appoint her as INEC chairman because people will perceive her, even before she takes off, she will be perceived as a likely person who will be partisan.”
On the crises in his party, Adeniran admitted that the party had not got it right but said there is hope for the party to get it right.
