Buhari Administration Is Distressing Nigerian's
IT can be generally agreed that leadership, for
nations in distress, is the ability to help frame
the issues without aggravating the problems and
inflaming passions. This is especially true in a
nations in distress, is the ability to help frame
the issues without aggravating the problems and
inflaming passions. This is especially true in a
To begin with the President or Prime Minister
must be aware of two indisputable facts. One,
not all the citizenry are members of his or any
other political party.
The vast majority cast their
votes and will be led by whoever emerges as the
elected ruler. Second, once elections are over,
the national leader is expected to shed a great
deal of his partisanship and attempt to forge
unity of purpose among the people – including
his political opponents.
This is imperative whenever the nation faces
hardship. The leader as statesman must realise
that the campaign was over on voting day and
collective governance takes over from the
minute he is sworn into office. Partisan rhetoric
must be muted; party propaganda toned down
and outright inexactitudes avoided.
It is in this context that President Buhari’s
statement on Sallah Day, at his home in Daura,
can be regarded as unfortunate. Buhari’s
declaration that he inherited nothing from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after sixteen
years’ rule has stretched exaggeration to the
breaking point.
Apart from fellow Nigerians who
were around during those sixteen years, there
were large numbers of people from the
international community who would have
received that message with concern. A few
examples will be sufficient to illustrate that this
president was unfair in his comment.
Jonathan’s administration left approximately $38
billion in External Reserves, which have now
been depleted to under $29 billion since last year
May.
In addition, $2.3 billion was left in the Excess
Crude Account, ECA. Apart from financial
legacies, Buhari recently flagged-off the Kaduna-
Abuja rail line – which was not started in May
last year.
The Abuja Airport to Central Business
District Expressway went from four lanes in May
1999 to what it is today and many of the
physical structures along that route alone were
not there in 1999.
Yar’Adua started the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway
expansion now nearing completion and paid for
some of the power plants now adding thousands
of Mega Watts to our national grid among other
additions he made to infrastructure in his short
stay.
Obasanjo, like him or not, opened Nigeria to the
global ICT network when he registered the first
three GSM networks. It is inconceivable for
Buhari to run government today if all the network
service providers shut down at once.
Not even a
civil war can equal the tragedies that would
occur if that occurs.
But we need not list all Buhari inherited from the
PDP to prove the point. Granted, there are
serious questions about massive corruption and
whether Nigerians received value for the trillions
spent. But, that is another issue. Buhari cannot
expect support from Nigerians on fighting
corruption by making statements which call his
own truthfulness into question.
The President
should watch his utterances before he brings his
office to ridicule.
must be aware of two indisputable facts. One,
not all the citizenry are members of his or any
other political party.
The vast majority cast their
votes and will be led by whoever emerges as the
elected ruler. Second, once elections are over,
the national leader is expected to shed a great
deal of his partisanship and attempt to forge
unity of purpose among the people – including
his political opponents.
This is imperative whenever the nation faces
hardship. The leader as statesman must realise
that the campaign was over on voting day and
collective governance takes over from the
minute he is sworn into office. Partisan rhetoric
must be muted; party propaganda toned down
and outright inexactitudes avoided.
It is in this context that President Buhari’s
statement on Sallah Day, at his home in Daura,
can be regarded as unfortunate. Buhari’s
declaration that he inherited nothing from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after sixteen
years’ rule has stretched exaggeration to the
breaking point.
Apart from fellow Nigerians who
were around during those sixteen years, there
were large numbers of people from the
international community who would have
received that message with concern. A few
examples will be sufficient to illustrate that this
president was unfair in his comment.
Jonathan’s administration left approximately $38
billion in External Reserves, which have now
been depleted to under $29 billion since last year
May.
In addition, $2.3 billion was left in the Excess
Crude Account, ECA. Apart from financial
legacies, Buhari recently flagged-off the Kaduna-
Abuja rail line – which was not started in May
last year.
The Abuja Airport to Central Business
District Expressway went from four lanes in May
1999 to what it is today and many of the
physical structures along that route alone were
not there in 1999.
Yar’Adua started the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway
expansion now nearing completion and paid for
some of the power plants now adding thousands
of Mega Watts to our national grid among other
additions he made to infrastructure in his short
stay.
Obasanjo, like him or not, opened Nigeria to the
global ICT network when he registered the first
three GSM networks. It is inconceivable for
Buhari to run government today if all the network
service providers shut down at once.
Not even a
civil war can equal the tragedies that would
occur if that occurs.
But we need not list all Buhari inherited from the
PDP to prove the point. Granted, there are
serious questions about massive corruption and
whether Nigerians received value for the trillions
spent. But, that is another issue. Buhari cannot
expect support from Nigerians on fighting
corruption by making statements which call his
own truthfulness into question.
The President
should watch his utterances before he brings his
office to ridicule.
multi party democracy.All Progressives
Congress, APC women in Edo state have engaged in a war of words with
their Peoples Democratic Party counterparts over an attack on the wife
of the APC governorship candidate, Mrs Betsy Obaseki.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/edo-election-apc-pdp-women-engage-war-words/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/edo-election-apc-pdp-women-engage-war-words/
All Progressives
Congress, APC women in Edo state have engaged in a war of words with
their Peoples Democratic Party counterparts over an attack on the wife
of the APC governorship candidate, Mrs Betsy Obaseki.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/edo-election-apc-pdp-women-engage-war-words/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/edo-election-apc-pdp-women-engage-war-words/
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