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Thieves have hijacked politics —Balarabe Musa
Former Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has raised the alarm that there might be no hope for Nigeria politically unless Nigerians took a deliberate decision to sanitise the political system.
Musa, who stated this in an interview with Sunday Tribune, decried the situation whereby money power had been determining who become a leaders in the country, noting that “you cannot have a president in Nigeria as it is today or even a local government councillor who is not a thief or is being supported by thieves.”
According to the former governor and activist, no matter the level of knowledge or exposure of an individual, the Nigerian system will make it possible for such person to become an elected leader without money. He added that “the money that is easily come about is the money that is got through either stealing or made available by a thief who is hoping to recoup.”
The former governor, who also spoke on the ongoing agitations for restructuring, said Nigerians needed to make a choice between a constitutional revolution and a social revolution.
Tribune, October 8, 2017
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JOHNSON PETER
October 8, 2017 at 7:36 pm
Mr balarebe musa, every politician is a thief including you, it’s like that all over the world just Nigeria is worse
Animashaun Ayodeji
October 8, 2017 at 8:10 pm
Please tell him! If he sees his fellow politicians as thieves, he’s also a thief who should be jailed
seyi jelili
October 9, 2017 at 5:49 am
We need to shine our eyes in 2019 to vote good candidates for all political offices
Animashaun Ayodeji
October 8, 2017 at 8:14 pm
Nigerian political system is corrupt because of the inflow of money that’s in it, to sensitize it, the inflow of money needs to be reduced so much that politicians will start living a low class life
Abeni Adebisi
October 8, 2017 at 8:16 pm
Honestly, this is the only way. If politicians are poor, politics will not attract anyone, few people will be politicians and they will work hard
Balarabe musa
October 9, 2017 at 6:36 am
Balarabe Musa is looking for a way to come back into politics and become the president but he doesn’t know how to go about it.