Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has
thrown her weight behind the candidature of Labour Party presidential hopeful,
Peter Obi, for the 2023 presidential elections.
Ezekwesili who endorsed Obi when she was
featured on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics said Nigerians are “served badly” as
a country by the ruling class.
According to her, the LP candidate is a better
option than the other two frontline aspirants – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All
Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“Somebody says to you between a cast of
possible presidents that include the three frontrunners that we currently have
– a possible President Tinubu, Atiku, and Obi – do you need anybody to tell you
where you would be going? It would be an Obi.
“Regardless
of the fact that he comes from that particular political class that we are
talking about, he still at least represents many more shapes than the other two
top candidates (Atiku and Tinubu),” Ezekwesili said.
Speaking on the EndSARS protests, the former
education minister said the failure of the political class in the Nigerian
government to listen to the agitation of young people was the reason they took
to Lekki Toll Gate to vent their anger.
“Let’s focus on what happened on October 20,
2020. This was when young people rose to say we are tired and you need to
listen to us. They made a statement but they were not listened to.
“Unfortunately, it was mischaracterized
differently from what the young people were saying. Sometimes I wonder how
things would have been different in this country if those in governance are
willing to listen.
“What we have is a monopoly democracy. Now the
citizens are realizing it and some people are actually mocking the
development.”
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