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A veteran
journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, on Sunday called for a social revolution
against money bags in the nation’s polity in order to move Nigeria
forward.

Mr. Mohammed, a
deputy chief executive officer and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine,
told Lagos State Assembly correspondents in Lagos, that only a shift
from the usual norm of money politics could bring about development.

“What we are
expecting to happen in Kogi and the nation is a social revolution where
people would say ‘no’ to money bags and the influence of money,” he
said. He said most political office holders in mainstream politics have
let the society down.

According to him, Nigerians are looking for those who have what it takes to deliver the dividends of democracy.

Mr. Mohammed, who
plans to run for the governorship election in Kogi State in the 2011
general election, said he had written against corruption for 35 years
as a journalist and felt it was time to become part of the change
process.

The media expert,
who was also a former Pro-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
said that he would be running on the platform of the Peoples’
Democratic Party (PDP).

He said that he would look beyond the broader party manifesto to address the problem of uneven development in Kogi State.

He called on President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure the
implementation of the Justice Uwais Electoral Reform in order to remove
the influence of money and increase the chance of credible Nigerians to
become leaders.