Lagos: A United States based hospitality manager has declared interest to contest Nigeria’s 2019 presidential elections.
Nike Roberts, as she is known, will contest for the presidency under opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket.
According to reports, Roberts revealed her interest for the lofty post while addressing supporters in New York.
“Our political system is driven by money and that’s why we have the kind of leadership. The system should be driven by meritocracy – what you know to do, how to do it and the will to do it,” Roberts who blamed widespread corruption for the country’s ills is quoted saying.
“That is what should drive people; it’s not how much money you have or how much money you can invest in a person that you can control at the end of the day. That’s what gave rise to the God-fatherism notion that it is who you know that gets you to the top. That system has continued for so long.”
The PDP presidential aspirant, whose campaign slogan is ‘Hope 2019’, is the Vice Chair of Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee and the President, Association of African Media Practitioners in the U.S.
