Oby Ezekwesili Reveals Next plans After Leaving ACPN

Co-covener of the BringBackOurGirls movement, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has disclosed that she will go back to her work as a public Policy expert having quit the 2019 presidential race.

Naija News had reported that the former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has officially resigned her membership of the party.

She has also returned the party’s membership card and all other party items in her possession.

Speaking at a world press conference on Monday, the former Minister of Education revealed that she will establish a new political movement to be known as ‘Fix Politics’ and also float a multi-partisan school of politics and governance.

Ezekwesili said: “For me, I will get some needed rest, and go back to my professional work. But as a citizen, I have two big priorities going forward.

“The first is ‘Fix Politics,’ a values-based movement to disrupt our politics and reconstruct this country. In a way, this is what I sought to achieve by joining politics in the first place. I realise that it would not be a quick fix, it is a marathon but the best time to set out is now. We must drive a citizens’ movement built from the bottom-up and which possesses a clear identifiable philosophy. You will hear more about our agenda soon.

“The second big priority for me is the establishment of a multi-partisan school of politics and governance; a leadership school that helps us grow a pipeline of leaders from the base. Nigeria has not been deliberate in raising the next generation of leaders as some other countries like South Africa have.

“We must change that, otherwise we would continue to repeat this cycle where there are not enough people with the character, competence and capacity taking over leadership from the council level to the assemblies and state houses, up to the presidency. 2023 must not find us only trying to make change happen from the presidential level.

“We have business schools like the Lagos Business School, being deliberate about growing business leaders; there is no reason why we cannot have an equivalent for political leadership. It can be done and we will do it.”