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Some National Assembly members can barely write their names” – Deputy Senate President reveals

Some National Assembly members can barely write their names” – Deputy Senate President reveals

| On 21, Jul 2013

Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s number two man in the senate, is not pleased about the quality of leaders in the country. So pissed is he about it in fact, that he launched into a scathing criticism of some of his fellow nationalassembly members.

Ekweremadu bared his burdened heart in Awka, Anambra State while delivering the 2012 Zik Lecture Series organised by the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. The lecture was entitled, ‘True Federalism and the Political Ideology of the Great Zik’.

In an unveiled criticism at the educational quality of some of his colleagues in the National Assembly, he disclosed that some of them could barely write their own names.

He was particular about those of his colleagues from the South East, wondering how an “educationally advanced” zone like that could “still send to the National Assembly some people who can barely write their names.”

Ekweremadu said that without knowledgeable leadership of the mould exhibited by the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the country was heading nowhere.

According to the lawmaker, the country needs leaders that are patriotic, selfless, knowledgeable, incorruptible, who have a lot of integrity and who will always put country first.

He said without transformational leadership, not even an error-free constitution or a balanced federal structure can help Nigeria.

“Even the best constitution or federal structure in the world cannot yield the best of democracy dividends or drive the lofty dreams of a nation unless there is a general commitment by the leadership and citizens alike to live by the principles and letters of that constitution and the norms that promote development.

“Leaders who cannot think beyond their immediate environment have nothing new to offer their people,” he said.

Knowing national Assembly members and how they do not like being called out, expect a battle royale soon.