2023 Leading Presidential Candidates On The wrong Path—Professor Ajibola

<h4>2023 Leading Presidential Candidates<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Professor of Political Science and former Minister of External Affairs from 1985 to late 1987&comma; Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has faulted the path taken by leading presidential candidates in the build up to the February 25 poll&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Professor Akinyemi it was who championed the novel concepts of how Nigeria’s diplomatic chess game should be played through the National Institute of International Affairs&comma; NIIA&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Remarkably&comma; Professor Akinyemi steered the course of NIIA for eight long years to be a continuous intellectual cauldron where ideas sparked against ideas in the form of lectures&comma; conferences&comma; symposia&comma; seminars&comma; round tables workshops involving the most illustrious Nigerian and foreign incandescent brains and statesmen&comma; including Presidents and Prime Ministers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking about foreign policies on territorial waters early Wednesday on Arise TV&comma; the professor took serious exemption to the penchant of presidential candidates who have tuned Chatham House&comma; London to political Mecca of sort&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He noted that ability to govern Nigeria at presidential level cannot be garnered at Chatham House&comma; describing the exercise as the continuation of colonialism and sell out of self esteem&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He rationalized the worthlessness of the Chatham House exploration and asked&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How man English people did you see at Chatham House during those interactive sessions&quest;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the early 60s when we had great leaders like Obafemi Awolowo&comma; Nnamdi Azikiwe&comma; Alhadu Bello and Alhaji Tafawa Balewa&comma; did they go to Chatham House to be able to achieve what they achieved&quest; The answer is no&comma;” he stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He however pointed out the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">President Muhammadu Buhari<&sol;a> who has failed Nigerians in all sectors made a show out of Chatham House debate preparatory to the 2015 general elections&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It would be recalled that Chatham House&comma; also known as The Royal Institute of International Affairs which serves as an independent policy institute headquartered in London&comma; has been a spot for Nigerian presidential enthusiasts to offer cardinal objective explanations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As of the last count&comma; ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar &lpar;Peoples Democratic Party – PDP&rpar;&semi; a former governor of Lagos State&comma; Bola Tinubu &lpar;All Progressives Congress – APC&rpar;&semi; a former governor of Anambra Srare&comma; Peter Obi &lpar;Labour Party – LP&rpar; and a former governor of Kano State&comma; Rabiu Kwankwaso &lpar;New Nigeria Peoples Party &lpar;NNPP&rpar; have answered questions at the Chatham House&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission&comma; INEC&comma; Professor Mahmood Yakubu was also at Chatham House to speak about INEC’s preparations for the election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;