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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday asserted that electioneering and political campaigns in Nigeria are deviod of issue-based exchanges and solution-driven discourse. <\/p>\n

Obasanjo made the assertion at an international conference on \u201cDeepening Democratic Culture And Institutions For Sustainable Development And Security in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n

He demanded a change in how political actors engage the electorate, sayingy current style of political campaigns in the country leaves much to be desired. <\/p>\n

He delivered a keynote address on \u201cRespecting the principles of democracy\u201d at the Obi Wali Convention Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/a><\/p>\n

Obasanjo lamented how ordinary citizens are dragged into the rudderless, meaningless and opportunistic personal or narrow ambitions of leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical campaigns are taken over by insults, lies, self and selfish interest and diversions, not on issues of national interest and progress. Party platforms are developed, launched with fanfare and promptly discarded.<\/p>\n

\u201cCritical issues are discarded as intellectuals and technocrats are sidelined while minions, gatekeepers and job hunters take over the campaign and build iron rings around candidates at all levels. Candidates are caged and milked opportunistically.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obasanjo said at the end, people who get elected fail to carry Nigerians along as they lack a deep understanding of the trends in the social and economic system.<\/p>\n

The retired General maintained that politics is not a dirty game, pointing out that the rules and principles are all there and known to most actors.<\/p>\n

He said when actors confuse the beginning with the end or adopt the infamous Machiavellian dictum that the end justifies the means, they get set for a race without boundaries, where anything goes.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo claimed politics and political competition get imprisoned as the actors invent new rules of engagement as they go along and seek to outdo one another in non-beneficial issues to the ordinary citizen.<\/p>\n

On governance, the former Head of State noted that each new government behaves as if Nigeria is a newly found country.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring campaigns, some leaders sound as if they plan to reinvent Nigeria and create new Nigerians overnight. That is because they miss the aspect of democracy that emphasizes continuity, stability and predictability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obasanjo, however, urged the people to urgently get back to the basics and rebuild our commitment to democratic practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must take some time for introspection and ask if we have been doing the right things for ourselves and for future generations. It is not rocket science to get back on the path of democracy and social justice. It begins with self-commitment, then leadership commitment\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday asserted that electioneering and political campaigns in Nigeria are deviod of issue-based exchanges and solution-driven discourse. Obasanjo made the assertion at an international conference on \u201cDeepening Democratic Culture And Institutions For Sustainable Development And Security in Nigeria\u201d. 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