A renowned broadcaster cum activist, Dotun Ojon was on Monday officially presented as the state chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Ondo State.
The National Chairman of YPP, Bishop Amakiri supervised the presentation at the weekend while inaugurating the Party’s state secretariat located at Oba Adesida road, Akure, the State capital.
Meanwhile, Mr Amakri has cautioned political parties in the country not to use zoning to choose their presidential candidates.
He said choosing Nigeria’s President should not be based on zoning but the people should be allowed to choose whom they want to govern them through credible elections.
He explained that instead of zoning, leaders who are efficient, honest,competent and can give the people the leadership they desire should be voted for.
He said, “Zoning is something that I believe must be handed over to the people to decide who they want. The party can zone their presidency to the south, for example, but may find it difficult to get suitable and credit aspirants from the zone and you are getting more credible people from the Northern part of the country, are they going to shut the door against the northerners as against the South that you have zoned to?
“We should not talk about Zoning in terms of Presidency. We can talk about Zoning in terms of Party structural building. That’s where Zoning should be reflected.
“A president of Nigeria is a President of all the constituencies of the country. So I believe in efficiency, I believe in a man with moral nobility, a man who has the capacity that will come and give us the leadership that we desire in our country.
“I do not believe that zoning should be the major point of discussion but rather competence should be the major point of discussion.”
The national chairman who said the problem of Nigeria was lack of good leadership, posited that until leadership is prioritized, the country would continue to face challenges.
He said, “Instead, we can bring on board new breed of leaders or politicians without greed that can champion the course of governance for a better Nigeria.
Speaking on insecurity, Amakiri added that government must live up to his responsibility of providing an enabling environment for the youths.
According to him: “the issue of insecurity can be redeemable if everyone can become a stakeholders in terms of leadership recruitment process so that we can have the right people in position.
”There are calls for agitation when people feels disgruntled or injustice is the order of the day.
“They are not feeling the impact of governance, so government must be steadfast in its responsibilities by ensuring that they engage the Youth pragmatically,” he stated.
He said if the government would give the youth hope of livelihood, insecurity will douse.
While inaugurating the Secretariat, he admonished the members of the party to support the leadership of the party in the state, adding that the party does not have godfathers to bankroll its course.
He said they have the right to hold any YPP public office holder accountable if they failed to perform his /her obligations.
Amakiri said: “All I asked from you is total support and commitment as members of the party. It is very possible, we can get a nation of our desire because we need a new Nigeria. A new Nigeria is possible with YPP.
“If one of you goes to preach the Gospel of YPP to ten people, it will continue to multiply and the multiplying effect will give us the result we desire. I am impressed by this gathering that was not motivated by stomach infrastructure.”
“In YPP, we don’t have any money bag or God father in our people. The party belongs to everyone who believes in new Nigeria.
The God father will have is our God in even and then you the electorate, the people who will give us the mandate.
“You have the right to hold any public office holder in YPP accountable if he fails to perform his or her obligations because we have that in our constitution.
He commended the new state chairman of YPP saying, “I want to commend you the Ondo state chairman of YPP, Dotun Ojon for all you have been able to do in a short period of time. You have been able to keep the ground running.
Also Speaking, the YPP chairman in Ondo state, Dotun Ojon expressed the readiness of the party to provide alternative and good governance in the state and Nigeria at large.
Ojon added that the party would be actively involved in any elections in the state and general election.
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