Ali Ndume, an All Progressives
Congress (APC) senator, says President Muhammadu Buhari enjoys goodwill among
many Nigerians.
Dismissing reports that the
current administration has lived below expectation, Ndume told critics of the
president that the Nigerian leader is still popular.
Ndume said Nigeria is lucky to
have Buhari as president, adding that the president is doing all within his
powers to pull the country out of the “quagmire” it found itself.
The lawmaker spoke in an
interview with NAN.
“If you go to Wuse Market and
start criticising this government, I don’t think you will come back alive,” he
said.
“For instance, Charly Boy,
convener of ‘Our Mumu Don Do’ carried his agitation too far. He went to Wuse
Market and the masses chased him away.”
Charles Oputa, entertainer better
known as Charly Boy was assaulted at the Wuse market in Abuja during the
#ResumeorResign campaign.
Civil rights activists had asked
Buhari who was treating an undisclosed ailment in London to either resume or
relinquish his position.
Ndume also urged the media to
stay off reports capable of causing tension in the country.
He said that the government was
working hard to deliver on its promises and should be commended and not
condemned.
The lawmaker said that while he
was not making excuses for the party, efforts at repositioning the country were
being intensified.
“The APC has problems like every
other party and particularly because it is a combination of many parties that
came together to wrestle power from PDP,” he said.
“I am not using that as an
excuse, but the people criticising APC are the people that destroyed Nigeria,
abused and vandalised Nigeria for 16 years.
“When the previous government
came into power, yes, there was armed robbery problem but it was minimal.
“There was no kidnapping, Boko
Haram and no farmers-herders clash. Even, communal clashes then were not
frequent.
“Buhari said he will address
three things – insecurity, infrastructural decay and corruption.
While we will not say we have
gotten there yet, we are working hard.
“Some of the challenges faced by
this government are pure criminality and we should not politicise the issue by
associating it with the APC.”
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