Participants at the United Nations Developments
Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday charged politicians to play the game according to
rules and shun do-or-die politics
The participants further agreed that the jumbo pay
and allowances of politicians have made politics a do-or-die affair.
This came to the fore at the second day of the
workshop organised by UNDP in respect of the September 22 governorship election
in Osun State.
The participants stressed that if salaries of politicians
are moderate, people will see politics
as an avenue to serve.
The forum also put part of the blame on voters who
demand money from politicians before casting their votes, noting that if
electorate can shun moneybags in politics, society can elect people who will
work to uplift their communities.
The high level dialogue for stakeholders in the
coming election in Osun State took a swipe at politicians who use election
period to reach out to the electorate in terms of money instead of rendering services
to their communities ahead of elections.
The meeting which had in attendance monarchs and
representatives of some political parties also appealed to Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agents to see them themselves as
critical and instrumental in election projects.
The people of the state were also advised to stop
putting financial pressure on politicians, affirming that the pressure to meet
people's individual needs makes politicians steal public funds preparatory for
another election.
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