LOKOJA – Professor of Political Economic system and Growth Research and Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue state, Professor Sam Egwu, has disclosed that the liberal democracy as practised by the nation can not serve the welfare and the wellbeing of the individuals.
He added that it was conceived to settle political and elite class who take over energy via the poll as dictated by the Bretton Wooden promoters.
Prof Egwu, who’s a made the startling revelations on the Federal College Lokoja, College of Social Sciences’ Maiden Nationwide convention with the theme” Governance and Socio Financial Challenges: Implications on Residents Welfare in Nigeria” held on the Important Campus Felele on Tuesday in Lokoja.
He famous that the nation wrongly selected liberal democracy with its trappings of emasculating the individuals from its insurance policies and programmes as the federal government is commonly being dictated by their backers from the Bretton woods establishments who ensured that the market forces decide the existence of the individuals.
He famous that the federal government as being constituted is all about elite cut price for energy and instantly it’s gotten , the individuals could be obliterated from the schemes and to return at election 12 months with carrots searching for for the individuals’s votes.
In response to the Erudite Professor, the fashionable Democracies that practices Social Democracy have intents and functions for the over all good of the individuals who by no means negate the duty of the state to the vagaries of forces of demand and provide.
He added that liberal democracy has taken the state away from the individuals and growth, and substitute her with market forces, saying up to now the Authorities was concerned within the financial growth of the individuals.
Egwu hinted that in Seventies there was Nationwide Growth plan of which the federal government was concerned in operating of firms and enormous companies, however these had been to be substituted with Nationwide Rolling plans which systematically took away the individuals and substitute it with market forces, that has made the nation the poverty headquarters of world.
He bemoaned the worsening situations of dwelling of Nigerians which has made life a beast of burden as majority struggles for every day survival as in opposition to survival for the longer term.
He acknowledged that opposite to Chapter 2 of the Nigeria Structure which identified the first purpose of presidency is the welfare and safety of the citizenry, even because the management has surreptitiously rejected the structure with anti individuals insurance policies.
He decried that the entrench perspective of the Bretton woods to foist their stooges in energy in some growing nations and wouldn’t hesitate to take away them when deviated from their insurance policies
He urged the residents to demand accountability, transparency and good governance from their leaders and to develop thick pores and skin and resilience to vote in opposition to these doesn’t work for the individuals.
He suggested the political class and elites to come back collectively and relinquish their maintain on the political and financial neck of the character and chart a trigger for nationwide development, to keep away from disaster ready to occur.
In a comment, the vice Chancellor of FUL, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi described the convention as historic as it’s coming at a time that Nigeria is dealing with life threatening challenges.
He urge the individuals to debate and proffer options to poverty, financial instability, insecurity and others which have made the Nation a caricature within the comity of Nations.
Represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Emmanuel Bala, averred that at a essential time like this social science Students are sometimes known as upon to Marshall political and financial ideas that may engender sustainable development and growth and cost them to painstakingly debate and supply options to the nationwide challenges
In a welcome tackle the Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Professor Salisu Musa stated, as social scientists, they’re imbued with theoretical instruments , analytical framework and empirical insights vital to look at governance buildings and socio financial insurance policies critically, therefore, the result of the convention would assist coverage makers to know realities on the bottom and design interventions that actually advantages the individuals.
He cost the individuals to give you workable outcomes that may interrogate governance techniques in Nigeria.
Members had been drawn from Schools of Social Sciences throughout Nigerian Universities, with professor Salifu Usman Ogbo, Rector, Kogi state Polytechnic Lokoja and others graced the event .
