2023: 102-Year Old Presidential Aspirant Reveals Why She Will Perform Better Than Nigeria’s Recent Leaders

 Centenarian High Chief Josephine Ezeanyaeche, got everyone shocked when she declared her interest in the nation’s number one job. The 102-year old became a sensation after she said she intends to become Nigeria’s President come 2023.

In an interview with IKENNA OBIANERI of PUNCH, Madam Josephine talked about what motivated her to stand up to the contest and the strategy involved.

She believes all her life, she has lived a life of service where she offered humanitarian aid, traveled far and wide, and garnered enough experience to lead a nation.

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In her words:

“I have spent my life mostly abroad and I have seen the countries that are flying high and I have seen countries that are facing challenges, especially corruption. And I have seen my own country, Nigeria, going from bad to worse and I have decided to rise up to the occasion because this country needs to be salvaged by all means before it becomes irredeemable and we, the senior citizens, cannot continue to fold our arms. We need to return Nigeria to the country of our dreams. I have seen people suffer, I have seen people lose their lives needlessly due to insecurity, I have seen people going to bed without eating and I have seen our young ones roaming the streets in search of employment.”

Continuing, she said:

“I have seen people who do not have hope in sight and I have seen people committing suicide today more than during our own time. In fact, during our own time, you could not see people thinking of anything that would make them commit suicide, but today, it has become a common phenomenon.

“I have seen the health care system in the country gone down to nothing; I have seen factories closing down with many having no jobs. I have seen people taking flights to other countries to access health care system. I have seen our children die in the desert and in the ocean because they were looking for greener pastures.

 

“So, I said to myself, I can do better than our recent leaders. However, that has not always been my intention. But having waited up till today and seeing that people are just being recycled over and over again within the same government, as if there are no other people in this country of 200 million people who can equally do the job and even better, (I have decided to come out); more so because as a matter of fact 50 per cent, if not 90 per cent, of the people being recycled in government are well-known as corrupt individuals”, she added.

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE.