2023: Nigerians have lost faith, trust in politicians - Former Sports Minister, Bolaji

The 2023 general elections may present an opportunity to reset the minds of Kwarans that government can deliver real benefits of democracy, former Sports

Reflecting on the ‘Otogo’ revolution which swept the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, out of power in 2019 in Kwara State, coupled with the APC’s inability to fulfil campaign promises, Bolaji said “the greatest challenge our government will face in 2023, is how to regain the trust and confidence of the people who have concluded based on their experience that all politicians are the same.

“This will require a whole set of new thinking and fresh perspectives about the purpose of our politics and how politics can be deployed in the service of the common good,” he added. Speaking on “Leadership and Character” at a PDP function titled “Kwara Talk Show: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, our dream of Kwara” in Ilorin, for next year’s general elections, the former Minister, lamented that ” people no longer believe in politicians.

“It is therefore going to be difficult to mobilise the people for any common good in the future,” Bolaji who served as a former Education Commissioner in Kwara State maintained.

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