In an exclusive interview with journalists, Mr Okechukwu said he was appealing to all Nigerians, albeit particularly to Mr President “who is not only a crusader of June 12, but holds the singular honour-apparatus of state power to reclaim the broken spirit of June 12 1993 presidential election”.
Former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently muster the political will to reclaim the broken spirit of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
In an exclusive interview with journalists, Mr Okechukwu said he was appealing to all Nigerians, albeit particularly to Mr President “who is not only a crusader of June 12, but holds the singular honour-apparatus of state power to reclaim the broken spirit of June 12 1993 presidential election”.
The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress eulogised Chief MKO Abiola, recalling with nostalgia how he mobilised the “uncommon one Nigerian spirit, one united family devoid of identity politics of polarisation along ethno-religious line”.
When asked to advise President Tinubu on how best to reclaim the June 12 spirit, Okechukwu said, “We must first appreciate the truth that many Nigerians are left behind without dividends of democracy, wallowing in abject poverty, hunger and deprivation.
“The grim reality is that what we have is untapped and few resources to share to our burgeoning population.”
He urged the President to “recapitalise our electricity chain to boost industrial production, unbundle the energy of small and medium-scale enterprises, mechanise our agriculture and modernise mortgage housing scheme”.
Okechukwu added that Nigerians are lucky that the President’s “Luckily Renewed Hope Agenda captured those critical items of economic growth”.
When reminded that Nigeria is not as financially stable as it used to be, he said, “If I were Mr President, now that the international community bought into his neoliberal economic programs; I will harvest the golden opportunity and borrow from them to renew the hope of Nigerians and reclaim, restore and reconnect the broken spirit of June 12.”
“United States of America for instance is heavily indebted but hugely guided by high industrial capacity,” he added.