Buhari’s integrity not enough —Sen. Sani

The All Progressives Congress (APC) senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has said that Nigeria is a plural state and needs a leader with more than integrity.

This was as he said that the major asset of President Muhammadu Buhari was his integrity which is only a small fraction of what is needed to lead Nigeria to the Promise Land.

The senator, who argued that his party the APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which are currently the major political parties in Nigerian cannot meet the leadership expectations of Nigerians, said that there was need for the emergence of a new political party, whose members would be intellectuals, the working class and the youths.

The senator noted that such a party is the only option left for Nigeria to take the country to the Promise Land.

Sani stated this on Thursday as one of the guest speakers at a symposium organised by the Magodo Associates, with the theme, “Nigeria: Which way forward?” held at the Afe Babalola Auditorium, University of Lagos.

Noting that Buhari demonstrated his integrity by declaring his assets which many of the people in his government could not do, Sani said, “What we have here is one man whose major asset is integrity but how many within that camp can also beat their chests and say they are as credible as he is?

“We are talking about building a nation and moving it forward, but can just the integrity of the President move the nation to the Promised Land?

“When we are talking about the qualities of leadership, if only integrity and credibility is what you need to be in public office… integrity or credibility is just one of so many things a leader needs, especially in a troublesome country like Nigeria; there are lots of things a leader needs.

“We need a leader that can give every person the confidence that he is going to be fair and just. We also need a leader who is visionary, who can move the country from where it is to where it should be.”

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Charging the people in the academia not to be afraid of participating in politics, he said, “The intellectuals need to move forward; you need not be scared of the political terrain. Most people you see in political offices, outside they say they are representing the people, but they represent an individual, a certain power broker.

“The existing dominant political parties cannot lead us to the Promised Land; there is a need for a progressive political class to come together, reach out to the academics, the intelligentsia, the working class, come out together with a party that is run on a certain ideology”, he stated.

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