President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Sam
Ohuabunwa, has said he is poised to deliver quality leadership to Nigerians and
run the nation’s affairs like he will a business.
This is as he informed the Peoples Democratic Party of his
intention to contest its ticket in the 2023 presidential election.
Addressing correspondents after meeting with the PDP
National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, at the party’s National Secretariat in
Abuja Thursday, Ohuabunwa warned against seeing the country’s security
challenges as sectional problems.
According to him, creating distinctions between Nnamdi Kanu,
Sunday Igboho, or the killings and kidnapping in other parts of the country
will not resolve the security issues until they are approached holistically.
The presidential hopeful also said that when electing
leaders, Nigerians should not consider age but health in the body, soul and
spirit, and the ability to lead right and galvanise the people.
He said as a private sector player, he would take governance
as a business to deliver appropriately to Nigerians.
Ohuabunwa stated, “There are many young people
chronologically, but yet they behave and act like old people because of their
vision, because of their worldview.
“A young worldview is an exploratory worldview, a worldview
that can entertain and accept a larger picture of the globe, be able to learn
from each other, a mindset that is willing to try new things, to get into new
opportunities.
“Secondly, to be able to discharge the function of office as
a president or governor, you need to have a healthy body. You need to have a
healthy soul. You need to have a healthy spirit; body, mind and soul must be
together to function in this office.
“This office of president is serious. You must have
experience in managing many things at the same time. It’s not to take six
months to form your cabinet; take six months to plan how you’re going to work.
I have the experience. I’ve been trained.”
He said while he belonged to the older group, he was young
in spirit and heart adding that he understands how to motivate people to
achieve their goals because the job of a president is the job of a CEO, and the
work of the CEO is to set and sell the vision and then appoint lieutenants in
the company to actualise the vision.
Ohuabunwa added that the era of leaving people in the office
when they are not achieving targets has to end.
“That is why good companies succeed because they do not
tolerate stories. For me, that’s the experience you need to run a country, not
necessarily chronological age. I am young in my heart, in my spirit, in my
physique and my ability to do the job,” he said.
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