Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River, says a lot of quacks involved in politics in Nigeria have brought it to the lowest level.
Duke spoke in Abuja on Saturday on the sidelines of the 2024
teens career conference titled ‘The power of music’.
The conference was organised by the Redeemed Christian
Church of God (RCCG)—The Everlasting Arm Parish, Garki.
Duke urged the political class to make concerted efforts to
restore the hope and pride of youths in the country.
The former governor said the majority of Nigerian youths are
not looking within the country for a better future as they have turned their
attention to other climes.
He stressed the need to eliminate quacks who saw politics as
a means of livelihood rather than a means of service.
He added that if politics is seen as a means of service,
politicians will become role models and can create hope.
“Hope is an eternal,
effervescent power to create hope in the young ones that their tomorrow will be
better than today, just as their today ought to have been better than
yesterday,” Duke said.
“Politics could be the most elevating vocation, but a lot of
quacks are involved in it right now, so they have brought it down to the lowest
level.
“When politics is right, it elevates everything; it elevates
medicine; it elevates your livelihood; when we complain about the country not
being good, it is the politician.
“So, if you have the right politicians, we will have the
right country; so, it is the most noble of vocations, but unfortunately full of
quacks.”
He said the high inflation rate in the country is due to the
cost of energy and tasked the political class with addressing the energy crisis
by converting gas flaring to support the economy.
He urged the Nigerian youths to remain focused and strive to
mark history that would be remembered for good.
Duke noted that God has a purpose for making the youths
Nigerians at this time.
Also speaking, Eva Azodoh, the pastor in charge of the
parish, emphasised the need for decent role models for the youths.
He said that the purpose of the conference was to link
teenagers and young people in general with honourable people they could have as
role models.
“We wanted to have people who have, by hard work and
integrity, achieved what they have achieved in life so that people can look at
them and know that by hard work and honest hard work and integrity, you can
succeed,” the pastor said.
“That is the purpose; you can see the former governor of
Cross River.
“We received one of our best clergies in the RCCG, Kenneth
Ozioma, and look at that 15-year-old boy, Damilade Adepegba, who you can see
has talent, but he has worked hard to achieve what he has, and that is the
purpose of this conference.
“You do not have to
be a deviant to become a role model; run around half naked or dress in all
sorts of manners; neither do you have to become a deviant, because you have
succeeded.”
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