{"id":174894,"date":"2025-08-18T22:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-politicians-opportunists-buba-galadima"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:21:06","slug":"nigerian-politicians-opportunists-buba-galadima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-politicians-opportunists-buba-galadima","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian politicians opportunists \u2013 Buba Galadima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, on Monday described himself as a bad politician.<\/p>\n<p>Galadima explained that he is a politician who tells the truth even when nobody wants to hear it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Galadima insisted that Nigeria only has usurpers and opportunists.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere aren\u2019t any politicians in the country, only usurpers in politics, there aren\u2019t politicians, only opportunists in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a bad one (politician) that is why I have never been a councillor throughout my life despite the struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter was elected and not appointed, if you are appointed it means that you must have taken salaries which she has never done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven her parting gift where she was a councillor, up till now they refused to give her because she is my daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the Nigerian context I\u2019m the worst man, not even a bad man because Nigeria doesn\u2019t like my type.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m somebody who will look you straight in the eyes and tell you what you don\u2019t want to hear but it\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, on Monday described himself as a bad politician. Galadima explained that he is a politician who tells the truth even when nobody wants to hear it. Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Galadima insisted that Nigeria only has usurpers and opportunists. 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