Mrs Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, an ex-presidential aspirant of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, DLA, says Nigeria cannot survive without holding leaders accountable.
Busari-Akinnadeju, in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Akure, said citizen’s accountability was key to the country’ s survival.
She explained that the country might not survive its travails if citizens abandoned their civic obligations and responsibilities.
“Nigeria will not be rebuilt by government alone. It will be rebuilt when citizens refuse to cooperate with evil, refuse to excuse failure, and refuse to normalise the destruction of their own future.
“Nigeria will not fail if we hold our leaders accountable and also hold ourselves accountable for the society we are producing.
“The work of national renewal does not begin only at the ballot box, it begins at the dinner table. It begins in the conversations we avoid.
“It begins when a mother says, ‘Not in my house, or when a father says, ‘This family will not live on dishonour.
“It begins when citizens say, ‘This country belongs to all of us, and we will not watch it collapse,” she said.
According to the ex-presidential aspirant, Nigeria can rise, but first, conscience must rise and it must begin from every home.
Busari-Akinnadeju said holding leaders accountable did not mean insulting them, but meant asking questions, demanding transparency and voting with conscience.
“It means rejecting violence. It means refusing to defend incompetence because of tribe, religion, friendship, party, or personal benefit.
“It means remembering that leadership is
