Hope Again 2023: Why Nigeria’s Problems Seem Large, SDP Presidential Aspirant, Prince Adebayo
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… As Adebayo Gives A Clue To Why He Joined 2023 Presidential Race
The frontline presidential aspirant of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo has given a clue to why Nigeria’s problems seem larger than they really are, explaining that his joining the 2023 presidential race “is to show the people that the problems may loom large, but the solutions are obvious.”
Prince Adebayo who spoke in an interview with The Sun Newspaper noted that it is “lack of discipline that makes the problems seem large.”
According to him, the problems of the Country are not hidden as “they are out there and they are shouting.”
He lamented that this is not the era of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe or Chief Obafemi Awolowo who foresaw the problems Nigerians might have in the future and tried to warn the country about them.
He explained that “these are problems that even a child knows, that this country is insecure and getting worse by the day and that the governmental system we run and our state actors have become part of the insecurity of the Nigerian state and that there is looming poverty not just among the unemployed but also among employed professionals, that even the character of those in power is reflecting intellectual poverty; they are stealing the country blindly because they are afraid that the widespread poverty will catch-up with them”, he said.
The international legal luminary and entrepreneur added that “Insecurity, poverty, lack of unity, and injustice have become common currency in Nigeria.
“We no longer have the assurance that the President and Commander-in-Chief is the father of the nation.
“As divided as we were politically in the second republic, and despite that many people did not agree with the politics of Alhaji Shehu Shagari, remember we had to go to the Supreme Court to resolve the issue of what two-thirds of the 19 states is; despite these, nobody in the country doubted the fact that Shagari was head of state and that you could go to him and complain about issues and get a quick answer; no part of the country was alienated then, it is not the case today.”
Prince Adewole Adebayo who has been crisscrossing the country and consulting with the leaders and stakeholders in the country said, “I don’t want to focus on these problems because they are well articulated, I’m focusing on the solutions.
“My coming out to run for the presidency is to show the people that the problems may loom large, but the solutions are obvious. It is the lack of discipline that makes the problems seem large.
“It is like the case of a child who has malaria, he knows that his mother keeps the malaria medicine in the cabinet, but because the medicine is bitter, the child does not have the moral courage to take it.
“The Nigerian elite know the problems of the country, they also know the solutions to the problems – insecurity, poverty, disunity, injustice and others but they have refused to apply the medicine because it is bitter.
“Insecurity will not end until all those sharing dollars on top of it realise that it has to end because lives are being lost.
“Every incident of insecurity that occurs produces an excuse for someone to siphon money; they will not apply the medicine to solve insecurity in say three months when the cash out is in six months, that is why insecurity persists”, Prince Adewole Adebayo said.
About Prince Adewole Adebayo?
As a lawyer and international entrepreneur, Prince Adewole Adebayo is a member of the International Bar Association. After graduating in Nigeria, he schooled in the United States of America, completing the New York Bar Exams in flying colour.
His practice cuts across all the continents of the world as he is a licensed attorney in California, New York and courts of the United States with substantial law practice experience in UK, Europe, Australia.
He is a Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitration Nigeria, Singapore and United Kingdom.
Adebayo is the Chairman Blueprint Global Group Washington DC Board Adviser of US Black Chambers of Commerce.
Board Adviser, National Black Chambers of Commerce USA. He is also President and Board Chairman of several corporations in the US, Nigeria and East Africa.
A farmer and chairman of Agbede Agric Projects, Adebayo is the Chairman of Sai Phytochemicals producers of Sailin drugs for treatment of sickle cell anaemia in India and Nigeria.
As the Chairman of Africa Dialogue Mission (ADM), Adebayo was in 2006 appointed by the United Nations Organisation and ECOWAS as Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Liberia
Adewole, a passionate son of the soil, decided in 2016 to relocate his businesses to his hometown of Ondo City in order to contribute to the development and growth of the town and the state as a whole.
In December 2016, Adebayo held a one-week retreat at his country home in Ondo kingdom.
It was at this retreat that the objectives and mission statement of KAFTAN TV was birthed. KAFTAN TV is headquartered in Ondo with additional offices in Lagos, Abuja and Washington DC in the United States of America.
KAFTAN TV broadcasts on StarTimes, Ben TV and Lyngsat. It has been able to reach a wider audience across more than 20 African countries where StarTimes broadcasts, reaching an audience of over 6 million homes with news in business, politics, sports, entertainment and global trends.
