Patience Mpaka to politicians: Adopt peace for free and fair elections

Patience Mpaka to politicians: Adopt peace for free and fair election

Nigerian businesswoman, philanthropist, and activist, Patience Mpakabori LongJohn, has urged politicians to eschew bitterness and embrace peace to ensure free and fair general elections come 2023.

The co-founder of the Mpakaboari LongJohn Foundation (MLJ FDN), said political parties and politicians must desist from any act capable of disrupting the upcoming elections.

“Our politicians need to be careful and play politics with wisdom and the right counsel. Politics is an important aspect of humanity. Through the game of politics, leaders at different levels emerge at various seasons and times,” Patience Mpaka stated.

“Politicians should oppose the politics of do-or-die. Be brothers and sisters created by God in His image. Play politics with the mindset that one day, you will also return and reside among and interact with those you have led.”

Mpaka also highlighted that “many crises and killings going on in the country could be seen as politically motivated. So, they need to be careful and play politics with wisdom and counseling.”

She also faulted the manner some politicians go about the ‘business’, noting that “some of them employ high-handedness, overbearing nature, and nefarious activities in their art of politicking, actions that most times, put them at loggerheads with their people.

“We are encouraged to join politics especially more women need to join so that we can contribute to leadership and development and cause a change in our society. However, politicians need to play the game according to the rule.

“2023 election is not the end of life or the world. There is no need for killing, kidnapping, and other evils associated with politics, to be unleashed on the electorate,” she added.