Eldest son of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12 presidential election, Kola Abiola has thrown his hat into the ring to contest for president in the 2023 general elections.
Kola declared his intention to run for the presidency on the platform of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) on Thursday, 14 April, 2022 at the party’s National Headquarters in Abuja.
The PRP presidential hopeful while speaking at the party’s Secretariat, said his declaration marks his formal inroad back into politics after 27years.
He noted that the only party that could give the youth such opportunity to make their number count was the PRP.
The first son of the late business mogul cum politician added that he particularly picked to come back into politics through the PRP for some good reasons.
According to him,”I have gone back to the history of Nigeria to look at the party that truly represents Nigeria. I have gone back and I have found out that the oldest living party is the PRP, it still holds those ideals of what Nigeria and democratic practice should be like.
He described the PRP as a party that was started by the people and truly for the people, adding that it is also a party that has shown first, internal democracy as its priority.
He words,”I have come back to PRP to show Nigerians that not too long ago, we did things in the right way and the new entities that have come together nowadays forget that there was Nigeria that did things right.
“I am one that believes in an equal opportunity employer be it employment, be it business, equally in politics and I believe this party represents all of these. Everybody should have equal opportunity irrespective of age, religion and ethnicity and that is represented here,” he said.
Kola who raised concerns over the low participation of youths in politics, said “We have a youth population that has been caught out the system, the political process.
“The first thing I want to do is to disrupt the political process, to disabuse the minds of the youth on godfatherism. The way to do this is to give the true owners of Nigeria, that is, the 18 to 36 years age group that make up over 75 per cent of the population an opportunity for their voice to be heard and their numbers to count.”
Culled from Vanguard online.
