Former \u00a0Vice president of the World Bank, \u00a0Dr Oby Ezekwesili ,on Thursday ,during the All Progressive Congress\u2019 (APC) Summit \u00a0in Abuja came down heavily on the political class, insisting that switching camps at short intervals was not a solution to Nigeria\u2019s myriad of problems.<\/p>\n
Ezekwesili also told her host that the leadership that would serve above self was not yet in the \u00a0(APC)<\/p>\n
\u00a0She said\u00a0\u201cDoing the migratory dance between one set of acronyms and another does not solve the problem, Structural problems require structural solutions. Changing acronyms don\u2019t solve the problem\u201d\u00a0\u2013<\/p>\n
\u00a0Ezekwesili who was guest speaker \u00a0knew she would ruffle feathers when she reminded the audience made up of Bola Tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, APC Governors, and all its stake holders that \u201c you asked me to speak , you will have to bear with me\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0She added \u201cI do not know how you decided to take this high risk of inviting me to your gathering, knowing full well that my zeal for candor can be generally unsettling for some people of your class and occupation. Since you took the risk, I have assumed the liberty to speak boldly even to your discomfort especially considering that we live in a season of grim when our country is greatly troubled.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0She took shots at the decampees \u00a0in the APC fold who left the Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party\u00a0 (PDP) saying \u201c you say it is the party for the elite, but you all went , do not behave like you didn\u2019t go\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Education minister who lamented the colossal $600 Billion Nigeria earned in 53 years with little to show, condemned the way the political class was doing what she called transactional politicking with the Boko Haram menace.<\/p>\n
\u00a0She said\u201d\u00a0Is it therefore not unconscionable that in the over nearly three years of rising trend of terrorist attacks against whole communities in the central and north eastern states of Nigeria where our kith and kin have regularly been slaughtered in cold blood; the milk of empathy has not yet flowed from our Elders in the Land in the entire political spectrum to suspend \u201ctransactional politicking\u201d and build a united front against this newest common enemy? Is it not unconscionable that despite the massive public resources committed to security spending, the government has failed to inspire confidence in communities and the large public that feels excluded from the more secured lives of the political elite?\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00a0In frustration she added\u00a0\u201cIf you are here and you have ever benefitted from BH killings, judgment awaits you!\u201d<\/p>\n
Ezekwesili who maintained that the political parties have been part of the problem of elite failure, said Nigeria had never had real political parties.<\/p>\n
The former Minister for Solid Minerals also took a swipe at the APC, insisting that the leadership that would serve Nigeria above self was not yet in the APC.<\/p>\n
According \u201cPolitical parties have been part of the problem of elite failure. Nigeria has never had real political parties, The leadership that will serve above self is not yet in your party. \u00a0Your gathering has to be a conversation deeper than how you\u2019re going to chase PDP out of power\u201d<\/p>\n
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