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Why Technocrats Need the Big Stage.*Modern challenges—digital governance, climate infrastructure, AI regulation—are systemic. Solving them requires scale, authority, and coordination only available at national levels. From a ministerial or central agency position, a technocrat can:· Mobilize sovereign resources and private capital for large projects.· Set foundational standards (data, security, digital ID) that define future competitiveness.· Orchestrate cross-ministerial policies (energy, education, trade) for coherent strategy.· Represent the nation in global forums where tech and trade rules are written. Without this platform, even the best ideas remain theoretical, unable to achieve population-level impact.*Why I Moved from Labour Party (LP) to APC.*My departure was a strategic pivot from protest to power, driven by pragmatism.1. LP’s Structural Limits: As a movement-oriented party, LP lacks the deep governance machinery and legislative foothold needed to execute complex technocratic reforms. It offers a voice, but not the levers of implementation.2. APC’s Incumbency Reality: The APC holds the federal government and most states. However flawed, it controls the budget, civil service, and executive agencies—the essential tools for tangible change. Joining is not an endorsement of all its past, but a recognition that reforming a system requires operating within its center of gravity.3. From Ideology to Execution: The LP can afford ideological purity; the party in government must solve daily, non-ideological problems. My goal is problem-solving, not partisan dogma. The APC, by necessity, has become the primary arena for actionable governance, where technocratic competence is needed to deliver results and retain public trust.In essence: The big stage is where impact happens. In Nigeria’s current political reality, the APC is that stage. The move is a deliberate choice to infuse data-driven pragmatism into the heart of decision-making, trading opposition critique for the hard work of inside reform.
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