A Professor of Technology Management at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Francis Ogbimi, has said preparations for the 2023 presidential election should stop forthwith, adding that Nigeria should adopt a “committee-type presidential system.”
He suggested a regional election of a group of people that would later form what he called a “presidential committee” that would run the affairs of the country.
Ogbimi disclosed this in Osogbo on Monday during the presentation of his book titled: ‘Mobilising all citizens for learning, industrialisation, and prosperity.’
The university don, who also suggested that Nigerians should be mobilised for learning and industrialisation, added that any nation aiming to deal with challenges of unemployment, poverty, and insecurity, must strive to achieve industrialisation.
He further said, “I suggest that all Nigerians should be mobilised for learning, and industrialisation come May 2023. The current campaigns about presidential election (should) be stopped and a committee-type presidential system (should) be adopted as from May 2023.
“Leaders should be elected at the geopolitical zones. The six geo-political zonal leaders would form the presidential committee. Any nation that truly wishes to solve the common problems of unemployment, poverty, insecurity, etc, must strive to achieve industrialisation.
“A young nation investing heavily on capital assets may be likened to one attempting to fill a profusely leaking water-tank with water – a futile effort. The adequate and reliable infrastructure in the technological world came as fruit or aftermath of industrialisation.
“We want to mobilise so that we can be rich and produce food. Once Nigeria is industrialised, we can move to any part of the country. We want to change from an undesirable state to a desirable state where our children will return home.”
