Party Chieftain Canvasses Service

A PDP chieftain in Imo State, Mr Ken Ojiri, in Abakaliki has called on Nigerian politicians to see politics as a vocation for selfless service to their fatherland.

Ojiri, who made the call in an interview in Abakaliki recently, urged political office holders to use their positions to change the people’s lives positively.

He enjoined politicians to shun the politics of do-or-die and the use of public office for self-aggrandisement.

Ojiri said that the only way to check the do-or-die syndrome in the country’s political terrain was to make political office less attractive.

‘’When people go into politics with the sole motive to serve rather than self-enrichment, there will be less tension and desperation among politicians,’’ he said.

The PDP stalwart said that the nation’s democracy would begin to yield more visible dividends if we had selfless people occupying public offices.

‘’But as long as our politicians continue to see politics as ‘‘chop-I-chop’’ with the interest of the larger society relegated to the background, our nation will never progress,’’ he said.

He commended President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda, saying that he had demonstrated genuine commitment toward the nation’s socio-economic development.

Orji appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the administration, adding that the decay in the nation’s infrastructure over the years required time to fix.

He admonished the states and local governments in the country to complement the president’s economic transformation agenda so that collectively we could achieve overall national development.

Ojiri further expressed satisfaction with the president’s approach in the handling of security challenges in some parts of the country, stating that the president has shown consistency and determination in an effort to arrest the situation.

He, appealed to other prominent Nigerians to join hands with the president to end terrorism in the country.

ASUU Chairman Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof. Gab Agu (3rd left) with his wife, Edna (right) during the thanksgiving service of their children, Eze (left) and Ernest in Enugu last Sunday. Photo: NAN