Elder statesman and Chairman,
Northern Elders Council, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai , has said that President
Muhammadu has only done well in the area of noise making in his three years in
office.
Yakasai wondered why the
president has failed to prosecute anyone in his anti-corruption war, adding
that he lacks the qualities of a good leader.
The elder statesman, in an
interview with Punch, said Buhari should not be seeking a second term because,
according to him, the president has failed Nigerians.
Yakasai said, “There are many
qualities required to be a good leader. One of them is competence.
“Another is capacity. The third
one is the ability to plan and think clearly. I believe that every leader
should possess these qualities.
“I have really not seen all these
qualifications in our leaders in this country in recent times; that was why I
did not support the second – term bid of the President, because I have not been
happy with his performance in the last three years.
“How many people have been convicted
(of corruption) by this government?
“The most important case among
others was that of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation
(Babachir Lawal), who was indicted for committing an infraction by the report
of a Senate committee, which was forwarded to the President.
“When the matter was referred to
the President , he asked the Vice President (Prof . Yemi Osinbajo ) to
investigate. After the
investigation , the presidential panel confirmed the allegations levelled
against the former SGF.
“However, up till today , the
former SGF has not been arraigned in any court of law. This is
an open case of corruption where
a contract was improperly awarded to a company.
“So, a government that claims to
be fighting corruption cannot be found wanting in a case that concerned such
individual.
“That is where this
administration is incompetent . Lawal should have been arraigned before a court
of law.
“I have never met the former SGF
in my life, but I feel any serious – minded government should have arraigned
him and commenced a full prosecution by now.
Asked in what areas he thinks
Buhari has actually performed well, he added, “Noise making; he has succeeded
in noise making.
“No concrete actions. I have
never seen any concrete action. There were some projects that the President is
executing but they are initiated by his
predecessors. You cannot single
out one project that the Buhari administration has succeeded in initiating and
completing.
“I challenge anybody to single out one major
project that the President completed in the last three years.”
there are still elders from the north that are ready to tell the truth no matter who is affected.
ReplyDeleteThis should be major news in all the papers and also on radio. A govt that cannot point out projects it has completed during its first term has no basis for seeking re-election
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