The Southwest Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Service has said it will take steps to encourage young, seasoned bureaucrats to join politics, take power and save the country from failure.
It said the participation of bureaucrats in politics would enable the society benefit from the rich deposit of wisdom, knowledge, experience and training the civil service gave them over the years.
The President, Ondo chapter of the association, Dr. Laoye Adegoke, said at the 5th quarterly general meeting of the association that the dynamics of politics should not be left for mediocres and miscreants.
He said Nigerians would continue to suffer the consequences of such indifference to politics “since incompetent people will keep planning for us, minus us.”
Adegoke said retirees could not afford to be silent about development of things.
He said they needed to support what he termed worthy causes being pursued by Southwest governors.
Said he: “We need to conscientise and plead with the younger ones among these seasoned bureaucrats to participate in politics, to save our future.”
The Regional President, Dr. Ebenezer Okebukola, said the establishment of Southwest Agric Company (SWAGCO), would lay foundation for food security and served as launching pad to economic development.
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, represented by the Head of Service, Pastor John Adeyemo, said his topmost agenda is to make the state the industrial hub of the country.
He said the birth of Amotekun Corps was a wind breaker of the security pyramid and tension building within the state.
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