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Action Alliance presidential aspirant Joseph Oluwadare Faduri has blamed the high cost of political participation in Nigeria for making it difficult for credible people to seek elective office.
Faduri made the comment during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Thursday while discussing the 2027 presidential election and the challenges facing Nigeria’s political system.
According to him, the cost of participating in Nigerian politics discourages people with the capacity to lead from joining the contest.
“Nigerian politics is so expensive that if we continue this way, we’re not going to get the best of people to run our nation,” he said.
Faduri also criticised what he described as the growing influence of money in Nigerian politics, saying the trend should be discouraged.
He further argued that Nigeria lacks a functioning opposition capable of effectively challenging the government.
“You would think that we have an opposition party in this country. But what we have is not an opposition party,” he said.
On the country’s broader challenges, Faduri attributed many of Nigeria’s problems to leadership at the highest level.
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“And I realised that the problem we have is nothing but leadership in Asurok. If you have leadership at the top who can make things better, then everything in our country can be better,” he said.
Turning to the 2027 election, Faduri urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to comply with court orders, arguing that doing so would be important to the credibility of the electoral process.
“We just need INEC to do what they need to do. Because if this election will be free and fair, so it means that INEC must first, you know, see to be obeying court orders,” he said.
Faduri also said the period remaining before the election was sufficient for political developments and legal matters to unfold.
“Three months is a lot of time. A lot of things can happen in three months,” he said.
On employment, the presidential aspirant proposed greater investment in local production, arguing that reducing dependence on imported vehicles and expanding domestic industries could create millions of jobs.
He also questioned Nigeria’s reliance on overseas medical treatment, calling for more hospitals and emergency services to be developed locally.
“So why don’t we create more hospitals here? Why don’t we have more ambulances instead of papay buses? So that Nigerians can work,” Faduri said.
