Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has compared Nigeria to an asylum, saying that it is being ruled by lunatics.
The former Vice-Presidential aspirant made the comments at a virtual event tagged ‘The Global Economy: Adapting to the New Normal’ organized by Bridge Leadership Foundation.
Stating that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed years of leadership failure in the country, Obi said that the process of selection of leaders is weak, adding that recent events have shown that “lunatics have taken over the asylum.”
His words:
COVID-19 offered us an opportunity to see the result of cumulative failure of leadership over the years. It is time for persons who are competent to lead.
Nigeria has time to realise that we now have to change the process of selecting our leaders because it is weak. If you look at what has been happening in Nigeria in recent times, we are now in a situation where the lunatics have taken over the asylum and they must leave now – all of us, including myself. It is time to get people who have ideas and everything.
A situation where we have people in leadership who are incapable of learning new things has to change. Nigeria don’t need leadership who are trapped in the processes of yesterday, we want those who have something to offer for tomorrow.
In a society where people have excelled, they have achieved such because they have being given an opportunity. When we are talking about the new normal, we also have to look at our environment. We need to start thinking differently about those that govern us also.”
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