Chief Dan Nwanyanwu is the chairman of Labour Party. In this interview with Vanguard, he spoke on Nigeria’s 50 years independence celebration, the bomb explosion that rocked the FCT during the celebration, his party’s readiness for 2011 elections, the need for presidential assent to Electoral Act and the principle of one man one vote as solution to Nigeria’s many problems. Excerpts
What is your assessment of Nigeria after 50years of independence?
Well, we have cause to thank God at least that we are together as a nation, we have cause to celebrate because the situation today is not the same as it was in 1960. Nigeria has encountered few strives but we must also accept the fact that we are supposed to be somewhere higher.
Some of these shortcomings can be attributed to bad leadership which we have witnessed over the years since independence. The military also did a lot of damage to this country because they are not meant to govern, their responsibility is to ensure the unity of the nation but they have been involved in governance thereby destroying the fabrics of our nation.
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