Why I would be a better president - Donald Duke

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- Former Cross River state governor, Donald Duke, says the current leadership in the country is totally out of tune with the current reality of the nation

- He faults the government’s claim that Boko Haram has been defeated

- 2019: RCCG pastor declares for presidency

Former Cross River state governor, Donald Duke, has said he would be a better president judging from what he said were the failings of the current administration.

The Punch, citing an interview Donald Duke had with DW Africa, stated that the former governor said the leadership in the country was totally out of tune with the current reality in the nation.

He said: “Because I see such obvious failings. I see a leadership that is steeped in the past; that has refused to evolve with a nation that is predominantly a nation of young aspiring people and still doing things the way they were done many years ago and did not work.

“I think our leadership in the country today is totally out of tune with the current reality of our nation. There is disconnect somewhere so when you have a leadership that blames its young people for instance of not striving enough or of being lazy, there is a disconnect because the tools to make them achieve their aspiration have not been provided.”

Duke stated that the current government was not prepared for leadership, insisting that was why it took the government took six months to set up a cabinet.

Duke also faulted the government’s claim that Boko Haram had been defeated.

“They have announced that the war is over and Bokom Haram has been defeated. We know it hasn’t been defeated. There are still bombings and kidnappings in the North-East. If you visit the IDPs, you will see that we are breeding the next generation of very disgruntled people,” the ex-governor said.

In another report, Emmanuel Ikechukwu, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has declared his intention to contest Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election.

Ikechukwu who is a pastor at Rivers state Province 10 of the RCCG, declared his intention on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC), a party inspired by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Vanguard reports.

Speaking of his intention gto run in Port Harcourt, he said: “When this (Buhari’s) government came up with this anti-corruption issue and made it a focal point, it scared a lot of investors away. You don’t scare people away. You try to see how you can tackle the economy.

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