Following his withdrawal from the race to represent the people of Bayelsa east senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has said Aliko Dangote is far more influential and powerful than President Muhammadu Buhari.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Bayelsa politician queried why politicians think power only comes from political offices and stressed: “Our politicians need a paradigm shift”.
“Why do politicians think power only comes from political offices? Buhari isn’t the most powerful Nigerian. Aliko Dangote is far more influential and powerful than him.
“Our politicians need a paradigm shift,” Bruce, who gave way to allow for someone else from his constituency to fly the banner of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019, took to his official Twitter handle to say.
Dropping his senatorial ambition, Bruce said “It is without doubt that I have tried to discharge my duties as a legislator and representative of my people creditably to the best of my ability so far. My voice has been very loud on the issues that matter to our people and our country at all time”.
In his recent comments on Thursday after his withdrawal statement, he advised politicians to emulate him and not hold on to power, stressing that holding on to honour is more profitable.
“Don’t hold on to power. Hold on to honour and power will ever follow you,” he said.
Recall, TNG publisher, Mr. Mideno Bayagbon had in an editorial called on Nigerians to prevail on Dangote to rein in and salvage the lot of the nation.
“The question may be asked, why Aliko Dangote? First, he is interested; but afraid. Secondly, he is one Nigerian who stands the biggest risk of losing the most in a collapsed Nigeria.
“He has the most investments. He is tried and tested in business and in, wait for it, politics. Has there been a government in Nigeria in the last thirty years that did not have to deal with Dangote?
“He is humble, detribalized, shrewd, ambitious; a hard nut capitalist. He has friends and investments across the nation.
“Though he, at a time, tested the waters before hurriedly rushing back into his business cocoon, there is no doubt that if a credible platform adopts him and the juggernauts back him, he stands a credible chance of leading Nigeria out of the abyss.
“His fear of what happens to his businesses if he loses, is real but surmountable. A time like this demands a man of Dangote’s pedigree,” the editorial read.
