A Nigerian Socio-Political commentary

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As Nigeria marks 49 years of independence, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Professor Julius Ihonbvere has laid the blames for the myriad of problems confronting the nation on the leadership of the country. Professor Ihonbvere, a former gubernatorial aspirant of the PDP in Edo State stated this in an interview with Daily Sun in Benin City. The PDP chieftain who was former Special Adviser, Project Monitoring and Implantation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo said the Nigerian leadership has being everything but inspiring. According to him, in any society, the leadership inspires the people to reach to the highest point of their potentials. Besides, he said a leadership ought to create the path to growth and open up new avenues for the citizens. The academic turned politician said it is also the duty of the leadership to mobilize and effectively deplore resources to every segment of the society. As well as provide security and other basic needs of the majority of the peopl