Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist and lawyer, has dismissed suggestions that former President Goodluck Jonathan could return to the political frontline, asserting that Nigeria’s challenges require profound structural reforms rather than merely a change in leadership.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that Farotimi while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday noted that the belief that bringing back Jonathan, or any other former leader, would solve Nigeria’s challenges is misguided.
“A thousand Goodluck Ebele Jonathans cannot solve the problems of Nigeria. They might as well go ahead to increase his brain powers by factors of a thousand for good measure. If we do not address our structural problems and tell ourselves the basic truths we owe to ourselves, nothing is going to change,” Farotimi declared
The activict while reacting to recent reports hinting at Jonathan’s possible re-emergence ahead of the 2027 general elections, recalled how former president was once heavily criticised and removed from office amid promises of a better Nigeria, yet the same problems persist a decade later.
“They can recycle all these people as many times as they care. This was the same Jonathan that was horribly vilified and labelled. The press, the pulpit, and the mosque all said his removal would solve our problems, and here we are,” he said.