Your Govt Is Failing, Northern Group Tells Buhari



President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to brace up and deliver on his electoral promises rather than rudderless groping in the dark his administration has been engaging in almost two years in office.
The president was also advised to seek solutions to the myriad of problems especially those affecting the nation’s economy instead of the seeming unending blame game in which former President Goodluck Jonathan has been the object of focus.
The Arewa Peace Coalition (APC) gave the advice to the president in a statement issued by Abdulkadir Mohammed, its coordinator.
 Governance Losing Direction
The group noted that it would do the Buhari administration a whole lot of good if it would concentrate on what Nigerians elected it to do rather than watch on the sidelines as governance lose direction under his watch.
The APC also called to question the “lopsided appointments” under the President Buhari administration, which, it said, is a national issue that should not be swept under the carpet.
Solving Challenges Bedeviling The Nation
The group did not mince words in telling the president to stop the “current negative campaign” against former President Jonathan, but rather, shift his attention to solving the challenges bedeviling the nation and make living more conducive for millions of Nigerians who put their fate in his hands by voting for him in 2015.
“It is with great discomfort that we write you this piece. In 2015, many of us came out in large numbers to vote for you because we believed that things would change for the better if you became president of Nigeria.
“When you ascended to the position of president of Nigeria we rejoiced across the streets of northern Nigeria. Some of our kinsmen trekked hundreds of kilometers to celebrate your win in the 2015 elections.
“Two years into your administration, everything has turned on its head. The price of food has skyrocketed across Nigeria. The quality of education has nosedived. Access to affordable health care has become a problem. Farmers are no longer encouraged to go to their farms. Nothing seems to be working.”
No Excuses
“Nigerians didn’t vote Buhari to come and give excuses on why he cannot perform… they believed he was capable and particularly fit for the job of president.
“Since you won the 2015 election, we have been waking up almost every day to hear stories about how Jonathan did this and Jonathan did that. We have become tired and fed up.
“When will we begin to hear what Baba Buhari has done? When will we begin to hear of what our Baba has done to salvage Nigeria?
“Bashing Jonathan at every opportunity has not solved any of the problems you met as president. Nigerians have already voted Jonathan out. They are disappointed that years after Jonathan has left, there is no day that the Buhari presidency does not attempt to feast on Jonathan. Why then did we vote for you?” APC queried.
‘Leave Jonathan Alone’
The group insisted that it’s ungodly for the present administration to continue trying to paint the immediate past government as a bunch of failure, as it insisted that the Buhari administration will lose nothing if it humbly acknowledges the successes of the past administration, consolidate on them. And put aright noted shortcomings.
“Mr. President, there were quite a few successes of the Jonathan presidency. Acknowledge those successes and use them to your advantage,” Mohammed said.
   “And then work to correct and avoid the mistakes that dogged the Jonathan presidency. That is how successful nations work.
“Please leave Jonathan alone. Go around the country and ascertain things for yourself. Two years into your presidency, you are yet to visit more than 30 states in Nigeria.”
Alleged Lopsided Appointment
The group in faulting what it called lopsided appointment in the government urged the president to be open to see other qualified individuals from other parts of the country rather than his morbid concentration on the north alone in terms of giving out serious appointments.
“Appoint a competent team to assist you in the onerous task of fixing Nigeria. Appoint people in every nook and cranny of Nigeria.
“The Buhari presidency must not be over-saturated by people from the northern part of the country or people who share a peculiar history with you.
“You are now a Nigerian president not a Northern, Daura or CPC president. You are president over Muslims the same way you are president over Christians”, the group said.

POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:04/25/2017


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