Pastor Sam Adeyemi has called out the lack of compassion and empathy among some Nigerian leaders.
He recently revealed that it is a shame to see how some Nigerian leaders have completely lost touch with the reality of the poor citizens in the country.
Speaking during an interview on Channels TV, Sam said that some of our leaders now find it hard to lead effectively because they are too busy looking for ways to retain power instead of trying to better the lives of Nigerians.
Sam revealed that the same fear of losing power is the major reason why most of our leaders have been defecting between political parties in recent times.
“Some of our leaders, it is even obvious from the way they speak, that they have lost touch with the reality of the poor, they have no empathy, no compassion. So, we want to create an environment that will make it possible for those in leadership to lead us in the right directions to make the right decisions.
Some of them are being threatened that they would lose their next election, that is what they are defecting. So their own survival is being threatened,” he said.
According to him, the Nigerian political scene is presently breeding leaders who attain power through rigged means, therefore, it cannot be a surprise when they inevitably forget the people once they clinch any position.
Adeyemi maintained that the best scenario would have been for Nigerians to elect the leaders they believe in with their votes, but godfatherism in politics is even making it hard for the people to exercise their franchise.
“I wish we had the perfect scenario that it is the citizens that actually elected people but we have seen over the years the power of the godfathers in our politics. They have built their influence over many years.
These are educated people, these are highly intelligent people, some of our best, it is just that in the process of wanting to succeed in this Nigeria, they bent here and bent there and by the time they arrive at the top that they wanted to go, they have become crooked,” he added.
