Politics

Peter Obi, Sowore Asked To Contest For National Assembly Seats

“If Peter Obi becomes president of Nigeria with the same structure we have in place, there’s nothing he’s going to do.”

Peter Obi and Sowore have been asked to contest for National Assembly Seats.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Nigerian comedian and entertainment guru, Gbenga Adeyinka, has advised young presidential candidates in the 2023 election to contest Senate and House of Representatives seats.

 

Adeyinka urged Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress, Kingsley Moghalu and other young candidates to go to the National Assembly to help rewrite the country’s laws.

 

The comedian, who appeared on a podcast published by TheCable over the weekend, said no president would act without caution with the likes of Obi, Sowore, and Fela Durtoye in the Senate.

 

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Adeyinka also advised youths seeking political offices to start from the grassroots, stating that politics has a bottom-up structure.

 

He said, “There are some people who are professional politicians. That is their job. You now wake up and say you want to come, and… they will not even give you the ticket. With our current structure, it takes the grace of men for you to become president.

 

“That’s why when I see them, Sowore, saying they want to be president, Fela Durotoye wants to be president, Peter Obi wants to be president, and there’s one very intelligent guy, Moghalu wants to be president… I think we need to get these young people into the House of Reps and into the Senate to rewrite our laws.

 

“If Peter Obi becomes president of Nigeria with the same structure we have in place, there’s nothing he’s going to do.”

NewsOnline Nigeria

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