Former Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. George Ehusani, on Thursday, said Nigerians do not have a good history of what he called “sacrificial leadership.”
Ehusani, who is currently the Executive Director of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation was speaking during a Sunrise Daily interview on Channels Television.
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Ehusani described the type of leaders Nigerians have as, “a leadership of exploitation of the people.”
He said, “When the righteous are in power, the people rejoice but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
“This is not an evidence of good leadership. Those in power sacrifice their comfort, convenience and pleasure so the people can have better lives but instead, the people are the ones sacrificing and the leaders live lives of comfort.”
He further buttressed his points with the instance of a bill raised in the National Assembly to make the children of politicians to go Nigerian schools being shunned.
“That is one of the best proposals for a bill in this country that will ensure that education is of high quality, ” he stated
He expressed his sadness that even at his age, there hasn’t been any positive change.
Ehusani compared the system of government in the past to the current situation lamenting that there wasn’t an all too powerful presidential system of government like Nigeria now operates.
“The president is too powerful and needs to be checked, let’s get back to where the rain began to beat us,” he advised
“A lot of those who run our affairs have very little idea of what the common goal is, which is the good of everyone,” he said
He said victims of poor governance should not be blamed for the situation of the country as many of them are only ignorant.
“The poor Nigerians have been so oppressed, left ignorant and not well educated.
“It pays our conquerors to keep people ignorant,” he said
He explained that those who refuse to vote have made a statement saying, “They have lost confidence in the system.”
He also lamented what he called the high rate of state failure and that the population of people who occupy the embassies to leave the country is alarming;
“Our best youths are leaving the country!” he cried out.
He advised Nigerian citizens to reflect on the situation of things and collectively get involved to change the country in general.
He also advised them not to allow themselves to be used as tools to keep those he called “power-grabbers” in power.