{"id":699514,"date":"2019-09-05T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/i-always-thought-our-problem-was-our-leaders-till-i-joined-politics-yul-edochie\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:37:54","slug":"i-always-thought-our-problem-was-our-leaders-till-i-joined-politics-yul-edochie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/i-always-thought-our-problem-was-our-leaders-till-i-joined-politics-yul-edochie\/","title":{"rendered":"I Always Thought Our Problem Was Our Leaders Till I Joined Politics: Yul Edochie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_558443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558443\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-558443\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Yul_Edochie.jpg\" alt=\"Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has said that he used to think Nigeria\u2019s leaders are the problem of the country until he joined politics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong>Yul Edochie Shares Bold Step He Took Before Getting Roles In Nollywood<\/p>\n<p>According to to the actor turned politician who spoke via his Twitter handle, he said he found out that the people are also a big part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His words<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>I always thought our problem was our leaders till I joined politics and realized the people are also a big part of the problem.<br \/>If you run for office and you don\u2019t have money to share, even your village people will leave you and support a well-known kidnapper who is sharing money<\/p>\n<p>Yes, our leaders have failed us for so long but running out of the country is not the best option.<br \/>Who goes fix am?<br \/>Then we are treated as 3rd class citizens abroad.<br \/>We need all hands on deck, all voices.<br \/>The fewer the opposition, the easier it is for the oppressor to carry on.<\/p>\n<p>See his tweet below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I always thought our problem was our leaders till I joined politics and realized the people are also a big part of the problem.<br \/>If you run for office and you don&#8217;t have money to share, even your village people will leave you and support a well known kidnapper who is sharing money<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yul Edochie (@YulEdochie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YulEdochie\/status\/1169575450315763712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">September 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes our leaders have failed us for so long but running out of the country is not the best option.<br \/>Who go fix am?<br \/>Then we are treated as 3rd class citizens abroad.<br \/>We need all hands on deck, all voices.<br \/>The fewer the opposition, the easier it is for the oppressor to carry on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yul Edochie (@YulEdochie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YulEdochie\/status\/1169572519625596928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">September 5, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has said that he used to think Nigeria\u2019s leaders are the problem of the country until he joined politics. 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