Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Silverbird Group, Mr. Ben
Murray-Bruce, on Monday declared his intention to represent Bayelsa East
Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
With his
declaration, Murray-Bruce has the likes of Senator Barigha Amange,
Clever Ikisipo to contend with for the senatorial seat.
He said, “I am running for the Senate because I am interested in the
laws of our land; I am interested in making change and I am not
interested in business as usual.
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“I have always been concerned
about the poverty of the mind, about women who are not being protected,
children who are being raped, men who are paedophiles, a society where
there is no order, we must bring order to our society.
“There are
too many poor people living under the bridge. Nigeria is too rich for
people to be poor and Nigeria is too poor for the super upper class to
be so rich. That has to stop.”
He regretted that most wealthy
Nigerians were not paying their taxes, insisting that if they were
paying their taxes, it would be rare to see an individual having three
private jets.
He added, “If they pay their taxes, an individual
will not have three private jets and the poor man on the street will
have a chance to make a living. There is no way I will be a happy
seeing my children go to private school and my staff do not have their
children at school and cannot eat three meals a day.
“This society
will explode and implode, there will be violence, there will be mayhem,
unless politicians start thinking rationally.”
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