By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
The leadership of Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), has called on successful private sector players to join the 2023 presidential race in order to rescue Nigeria from the shackles of poor leadership.
The group believes that Nigeria will flourish under such a person, and the nation’s economy will grow as he or she is already an employer of labour, and will create employment on a level playing ground for businesses to grow.
In a statement issued by Mohammed Salihu Danlami and Desmond Minakaro,Speaker and National Clerk of the forum, stated that an entrepreneur that can grow wealth, bear risk in such conditions found in Nigeria surely is suited to better the fortunes too of the nation.
The group believed, “The presence of entreprenuers in politics will serve as mediators between individuals with economic ideas and the body of Government responsible for making and implementing such policies to have a harmonious outcome pushing the country further economically.”
It added, “Dear Nigerians, please this time around let it not be about rice, spaghetti, detergents, wrapper, or mere 1 thousand or 2 thousand handed out to you. The right person will make it possible for you to earn more than enough to buy these things, and much more, but also the sense of pride and dignity for being able to stand on your own and provide for yourself and family.”
“Let it not be empty promises or the usual polarisation along religious and ethnic lines. Hunger and poverty know not your tribe or faith. Let’s give the private sector and those that have shown true capicity to build something sustainable, that has impacted lives and communities a try,” it advised.
The group suggested that let the voice and vote of Nigerians speak about concerns for the economy, stressing that a permanent solution to the economic, security and political crises of this country, Nigerians must produce a candidate who has rich knowledge of entrepreneurship, greatly endowed with practical knowledge of the economy as equality begins with economic empowerment.
The group wondered, “A country like Nigeria that has great and intelligent minds with positive reputations all over the world, the likes of Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Mr Bode Augusto, Mr Segun Agbaje, Mr Fola Adeola, Alhaji Tunde Folawiyo, Mr Atedo Peterside, Mr Kola Adesina, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mr Femi Otedola, Mr Mike Adenuga, Mr Akinwumi Adesina, Mr Herbert Wigwe and Mr Aig Imoukhuede who are boardroom Czars with a vast wealth of knowledge on entrepreneurship, why let Nigeria be run by others who lack such knowledge.”
According to the statement, marrying leadership with entrepreneurship has been established as idiosyncratic, adding that laying a solid foundation of competency, vision, skills for firm and effective leadership as the knowledge and experience an entrepreneur acquires from business exposes him to noting how government affects the private sector, which is the power source of economic growth that propels improvements in living standards of citizens.
It lamented that Nigeria lacks in its previous leaders is a very important element that is key to the success of individuals amounting all together to the success of any nation that is keen to succeed that is entrepreneurship.
The group observed that to date, Nigeria is still enslaved in the shackles of corruption, poor living condition for its masses, even faced with new set of challenges that were not found previously.
