Ftwo-time Presidential candidate of Fresh Party, Rev. Kris Okotie has warned that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APC), may lose the 2015 Presidential election to the People’s Democratic Party, if President Goodluck Jonathan should do the needful and put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
Okotie said this in a recent article entitled, 2014: Relevance of a Paradigm shift. This was as he cautioned that the coalition of political parties led by APC may fall flat on the day of reckoning.
Okotie said: “On the political front over 2015, a performance-driven presidency can ride over all of these, if he delivers on his promise to at least, solve some of the basic problems we all know too well- epileptic power supply, corruption, collapsed infrastructure, transparent management of our finances, fight against terrorism and street crimes, creation of a strong private sector to drive the economy and create jobs etc.
“The point being made here is that we must be wary of coalitions because realignment of political forces has never taken us to the Promised Land. They often begin with a big sound and fury, but end up signifying nothing but confusion, which often makes a bad case worse. Yet, nobody says we should dismiss the APC-nPDP Alliance altogether, one only went into history to remind Nigerians, and all stakeholders to view the latest power realignment with cautious optimism.
“What Nigeria needs is a shift in the leadership paradigm in a way that engenders the kind of economic reforms and political actions that put the people first. Prioritizing the people over appropriation of political power is the way out of our leadership predicament. I will continue to harp on this point in 2014, because that is the way to go. That is the only way out of the emerging political gridlock which has dogged our polity since independence. In this year of our centenary, this country deserves a clean break from the past”.