{"id":118687,"date":"2025-05-13T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118687"},"modified":"2025-05-13T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:04:06","slug":"2027-nigeria-cannot-develop-with-bad-leaders-in-power-dr-ikhubese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-nigeria-cannot-develop-with-bad-leaders-in-power-dr-ikhubese\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Nigeria cannot develop with bad leaders in power \u2013 Dr. Ikhubese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Presidential candidate of the defunct\u00a0 Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) in the 2019 election, Dr. Thomas-Wilson Ikubese has argued that with wrong and visionless politicians occupying positions of office, the country will not record any development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ikubese further lamented that rather than face development and build a strong economy, politicians are obsessed with the next election and urged President Bola Tinubu to concentrate more on governance instead of the 2027 re-election project, which is still two years away.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking at a media chat on Monday, he emphasized the importance of governance over political maneuvering. He also stated that governance should be the priority, not politicking, and used Abia State Governor, Alex Otti as an example of performance driven by vision, not by party affiliation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOtti is performing because he has a clear vision and believes in accountability, transparency, and leadership. His success isn\u2019t Party-dependent, \u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, politicians are more focused on clinging to power and recycling themselves and neglecting true governance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe\u2019re putting the wrong people in power and expecting results they\u2019re not wired to deliver. It\u2019s like expecting a man to get pregnant\u2014it\u2019s biologically impossible.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When asked about the recent wave of defections ahead of the 2027 general elections, Ikubese said, \u201cThe rate of defections we\u2019re seeing\u2014and will continue to see\u2014is clearly driven by the approaching 2027 elections. Politicians want to retain their positions and secure re-election, which means they need more votes. At the presidential level, for instance, the more states your party controls, the easier it is to win re-election. That\u2019s essentially what we are witnessing.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ikubese questioned the ideological differences between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying, \u201cWhat\u2019s the real difference in ideology between these two parties? If I ask you now, what\u2019s the ideological difference between APC and PDP? Can you point to any? There\u2019s no clear distinction.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He, however dismissed the idea of Nigeria being turned into a one-party state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHow many parties are active in Rwanda or Burkina Faso? What matters is not the number of political parties but the quality of governance, true leadership, transparency, and accountability.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that the cost of running political offices in the country makes it absolutely impossible for politicians with the right intentions and good morals to come into the system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHow can you ask someone to pay N100 million to declare interest in running for president? 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