By Daud Olatunji
ABEOKUTA-Former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, Monday, said President Goodluck
Jonathan runs government of ‘clientelism’, and
nepotism which only his cronies and family benefit.
Atiku also said the presidential system of
government under Jonathan has been turned to
presidentialism, in which the president wields
enormous power, where he favours only his cronies.
The
former vice- President stated this at a press
conference held at Olusegun Obasanjo President
Library, Abeokuta, to herald a two-day Atiku
Abubakar policy review summit.
Abubakar who spoke through the Director-General,
Atiku Campaign Organisation, Prof. Babalola
Borishade, lamented that the country was being
misgoverned by the present administration.
According to him, presidentialism means the
systematic concentration of political power in the
hands of one individual or a cabal.
He said, “as a result, effective accountability and
representation through popular democratic
participation is giving way to personal rule and single
party dictatorships rooted on politics of Clientelism.
“Clientelism refers to the awarding of personal
favours among patrimonial cronies. These favours
take the form of public sector jobs, appointments,
distribution of resources through licences, contracts
and tax wavers.
“Corruption, nepotism and official impunity have
brought our country down to the bottom 3 per cent
in the world in terms of political stability.
“In essence, what we have now in Nigeria is a form of
patrimonial democracy. This is posing serious
threats to the durability of democracy.
“Not only because it erodes civil liberties of citizens,
thus creating a culture of political apathy and
disenchantment among them, it also severely limits
the extent to which Government can be pressed to be
responsive and accountable towards the citizens.
“Thus, for both of those who are inside and outside
the network, the future is bleak,”he said.
He said Nigerians need democracy of substance that
would respond to their socio-economic demands and
bring about improvements in their living conditions,
and that was the aim of the policy review by resource
persons.
Speaking on his desire to govern the country, Atiku
said, the country should not be ruled by greenhorn,
saying, only the experienced knows what governance
means.
According to him, people with experienced should be
allowed to governed because the country needs
people with wealth of experience.
Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/atiku-accuses-jonathan-running-government-clientelism/#sthash.Fs8A8G0M.dpuf

Na Atiku be Jonathan political equivalent. General Buhari is miles ahead of them

See their mouth...

I laugh when this slowpoke called atiku shameless insult d presidnt who is far beta than him in everything becos he has access to d media.
for cryin out loud this man was once a v.p. what did he do to beta our lives we in the north, GEJ has re-establish the almajiri schools while Atiku went n built a school where only d rich can afford in yola. yet he complains n he tries to mke a fool out his shit. Atiku became greedy so OBJ sent him out. So address him no longa as a former v.p bt d IMPEACHED VICE PRESIDENT.