The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), on Wednesday has taken over houses belonging to Abdulfatah Ahmed, a former governor of Kwara State.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the former governor in company with some Nigerians formed a group known as Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) to address ‘leadership problem’ in the country ahead 2023 general elections.
The houses, which are located at Abdulrazaq road, GRA, Ilorin, according to reports were taken over because of over N5 billion personal debt incurred by the former governor.
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On the other hand, at the unveiling of the group, RNP on Tuesday which is an initiative of accomplished Nigerians of diverse ethnic, religious and partisan background, is aimed at charting the course to building a better Nigeria
Members include Usman Bugaje, who is the National Coordinator, former Minister of Education Minister, Tunde Adeniran, Aisha Dankanmi, Rose Danladi and Nurudeen Mohammed among others.
While making a presentation on RNP, Ahmed said the mission of the group is to reconcile and re-unite Nigeria. He added that it was also to win and deploy political power for the purpose of nation building and national development, achieving prosperity for all, and the protection of life and dignity of every Nigerian citizen.
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He listed the group’s four cardinal principles to be ethical leadership; competence, capacity and courage; patriotism, selflessness and service; inclusiveness; fairness and equity; as well as mutual respect and accommodation.
He stressed that RNP areas of engagement with Nigerians would be on restructuring and nation building; security; economy; human capital development, and good governance.
Mr Ahmed added that the group was expected to form a strong coalition to stimulate a new leadership selection process with expectations from the leaders.
“We want to see this as a platform that for once we genuinely and sincerely bear our minds on the critical issues that are facing us in terms of insecurity, economy, and infrastructure and most importantly on this social dislodgement that we are faced with,” he said.
According to Ahmed, and a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the group is coming out as there was a need to look toward the general elections to get true leaders that would change the direction the country was going.
Also, a former Minister of Education Minister, Tunde Adeniran, and a member of RNP national caucus, said Nigeria must be rescued.
Mr Adeniran said that the values upheld by Nigeria founding fathers to keep the country together were in tatters and not much had been done to restore them to ensure justice, equity, unity and focus.
RNP National Coordinator, Usman Bugaje, speaking at the group’s inaugural national caucus meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, said the group was founded on the premise that the problems of Nigeria all emanate from poor leadership.
He said that Nigeria was unable to exit the leadership conundrum precisely because the leadership recruitment mechanism in its political parties was so flawed.
“It is so flawed that except for accidents, they are incapable of producing competent leaders with the requisite knowledge, discipline and commitment to make a difference.
“We are living with, or better still, groaning under the consequences of this folly.
“What this means is that any attempt to rescue this country from its troubles must first rescue it from the current leadership recruitment mechanism that seems to leverage on money and connection or ethnic sentiments and no premium on knowledge or competence.
“The challenge is how to introduce a set of criteria or better still re-calibrate the recruitment mechanism in our political parties to prioritize knowledge, competence and character.
“The deepening crisis in the political parties is all the more reason why this re-calibration is necessary,’’ Mr Bugaje said.
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