Amosun wants professionals in politics

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday advocated active involvement of professionals in partisan politics as a way of pulling Nigeria out of its social and economic crisis.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Funmi Wakama, Amosun spoke at the fourth edition of the Lagos Business School’s Project  What Next series, held at the Lekki, Lagos campus of the institution.
The governor  said the nation’s challenges had been well documented.
He said, “The political landscape has yet to record a critical mass of professionals with active partisan participation. I mean People who will dream new dreams, articulate ideas and bring in the discipline required for execution.
“When professionals decline to actively engage the system, avoiding getting directly involved or actively participating in the political process, they unwittingly create an environment for the emergence of leaders that are not the best among us.
“After all, nature abhors vacuum. The professionals will then not have the moral right to query the way and how they are governed.”
The governor, in his lecture titled, ‘A voyage powered by Conviction’, expressed optimism that the present docile approach by professionals would soon fade away. He commended the role recently played by the Save Nigeria Group.
He said, “The roles played by the Save Nigeria Group during the period of absence due to the health challenges of late President  Umaru Yar Adua speak about the potency of the power of professionals to galvanise national consciousness and action for the common good.”