Personal examples should define leaders, says SDP presidential candidate
Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo has challenged Nigerian voters on questioning aspirants on corruption and security issues, stressing that personal examples should define the next generation of leaders .
He said anti-corruption and security should form the basis of discourse in elections because those who achieve fairness must come with clean hands.
Presidential candidates must prove they are above the rest, Adebayo stressed. Insisting that leaders must lead by deeds, the SDP presidential candidate argued that voters should properly X-ray election candidates, especially the presidency, to ensure they are not corrupt or subscribing not to corrupt practices.
He told reporters in Abuja that the upcoming elections were an opportunity for Nigerians to take action to preserve the country and its democracy.
Adebayo said there are three dimensions to corruption, including simple theft, when you steal what is not yours, you are taking public property, adding, "Theft can be big or small, this is part of corruption.< /p>
“Secondly, undermine the systems, even if you are a person who does not take money, if you undermine the institutions, you manipulate the judgment of the courts, you manipulate the recruitments so as not to recruit the best, you violate , like politicians campaigning now, when they say the campaign didn't come, they're corrupt, because they're manipulating the system, they're not trying to play fair.
"The third is nepotism, nepotism is a form of corruption and nepotism is fixing appointments for people they don't deserve, using government preference and appointments for political and other gain ."
He said presidential candidates should declare their assets and liabilities to help voters examine their personality, bragging that he was the first standard bearer to declare his assets and accuse his fellow candidates of doing so. do, although he revealed that he had invited civilian civil society organizations, in particular SERAP (Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project) to investigate the entries in his asset declaration.
Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo has challenged Nigerian voters on questioning aspirants on corruption and security issues, stressing that personal examples should define the next generation of leaders .
He said anti-corruption and security should form the basis of discourse in elections because those who achieve fairness must come with clean hands.
Presidential candidates must prove they are above the rest, Adebayo stressed. Insisting that leaders must lead by deeds, the SDP presidential candidate argued that voters should properly X-ray election candidates, especially the presidency, to ensure they are not corrupt or subscribing not to corrupt practices.
He told reporters in Abuja that the upcoming elections were an opportunity for Nigerians to take action to preserve the country and its democracy.
Adebayo said there are three dimensions to corruption, including simple theft, when you steal what is not yours, you are taking public property, adding, "Theft can be big or small, this is part of corruption.< /p>
“Secondly, undermine the systems, even if you are a person who does not take money, if you undermine the institutions, you manipulate the judgment of the courts, you manipulate the recruitments so as not to recruit the best, you violate , like politicians campaigning now, when they say the campaign didn't come, they're corrupt, because they're manipulating the system, they're not trying to play fair.
"The third is nepotism, nepotism is a form of corruption and nepotism is fixing appointments for people they don't deserve, using government preference and appointments for political and other gain ."
He said presidential candidates should declare their assets and liabilities to help voters examine their personality, bragging that he was the first standard bearer to declare his assets and accuse his fellow candidates of doing so. do, although he revealed that he had invited civilian civil society organizations, in particular SERAP (Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project) to investigate the entries in his asset declaration.
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