What I’ll do Differently if Elected Senator in 2023 – Bolaji Abdullahi
By Kaosara Olayemi Oladimeji
Mall. Abdulganiyu Bolaji Abdullahi, a Nigerian former Minister for Youths and Sports and Peoples’ Democratic Party candidate for Kwara Central Senatorial District, has stated that new ideas are needed to get Nigeria out of its current socioeconomic and political quagmire.
Abdullahi stated this during a meeting with Kwara-based journalists under the aegis of Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners on Monday in Ilorin.
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He noted that at this critical juncture in our nation’s history, people should run for office based on their willingness and ability to contribute their fair share to making the country work again.
The veteran journalist opined that, “The reasons why anybody should be contesting the 2023 elections is the sociopolitical and economic problems bedeviling the country.
“Such conversations that will inform solutions to these national issues affecting all of us will take place at the National Assembly and that is why I am running for Kwara Central Senate.
“I want to be part of those men that will make Nigeria work again, because it is not working now.”
While lamenting the level of poverty in the country, Abdullahi noted that “Majority of Nigerians are poor. Anyone in Nigeria today who is not stealing money from anywhere is a poor man, because government has failed in its responsibilities to the people.
“It is becoming so expensive to live in any part of the country, from health, transportation, education and all other sectors, the cost continues to skyrocket while the quality is dropping. An average Nigerian can hardly survive on N500,000 monthly income in recent time.”
Talking about his ‘Big Idea’ campaign, Abdullahi said “I am not claiming to have the biggest ideas, but I am saying that going forward, we shouldn’t just be campaigning about building hospitals or schools but how to deliver quality, cost effective and efficient healthcare system, education, transportation system etc, that would make life better and easier for the people.
“We should start talking about preventive healthcare that would even reduce our national expenditure on health and save us money to serve the people better.
“We need to have the humility to challenge the way we’ve always done things, so we don’t continue to have the same results. We must do things differently if we desire a positive change.”
