Nigeria’s opposition parties are jokers, says Ojo Maduekwe

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Chief Ojo Maduekwe, the bicycle-riding Minister of Transport, is a true Nigerian. Born on May 6,1945, Ojo, as he is fondly called, is the Deputy Zonal Coordinator of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation. In this interview, however, Ojo takes on the opposition and insists that they are not long-suffering vanguard reports.



Maduekwe...The opposition has to be long-suffering *Foreign Affairs Minister July 2007-March 2010 *National Secretary, Peoples’ Democratic Party (2005-2007) *Presidential Adviser (Legal & Const. Affairs) (2003-2005) *Federal Minister of Transport (2000-2003) *Federal Minister of Culture & Tourism (1999-2000) *Member, National Assembly (Second Republic) (1983) *Member, Constitutional Assembly (1988-89) *Member, National Constitutional Conference (1994-95) *Adviser to Chairman, Social Democratic Party (SDP) (1990-92) *Adviser to Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993-95) *Member/Technical Adviser, Vision 2010 (1997) *Member, National Boundaries Adjustment Comm. (1997) *Elected Senator (1998) In his biography, Ojo is described as an individual with “poetry and humour.” He quotes John Pauker that “We are all brothers, like Cain and Abel.” He tells one audience, “We must be one of the best in the world in managing personal guilt, which perhaps, explains why we have one of the lowest suicide rates in the world.” But, beyond the humour and the frank critique is the message that personal responsibility, character and leadership are not only possible but already evident in Nigeria.




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