It is beginning to unfold
how risky and dangerous it is for Nigeria that Buhari doubles as president and
the petroleum minister.
As the president, he already has too much on his plate
with too many issues pulling the country towards collapse. From the north, Boko
Haram is threatening to drag the whole country down a cliff, and if nothing is
done pretty soon, we are going to have a situation in our hands with the Biafra
movement. It is already a keg of gunpowder waiting to explode in our faces. The
business of armed robbery has never been as lucrative as it is today. The
economy is another area that calls for the president’s urgent attention. But
what do we have? A president who has more-or-less assumed the role of a jack of
all trade while doing nothing in particular.
The president should resign as the
minister of petroleum immediately if we are ever going to have sanity in the
petroleum industry. What we need is a petroleum minister who is saddled with no
other responsibility outside his ministry. Take for instance the negotiations
with the petroleum marketers; it could have been better handled with more
urgency knowing that the people are seriously suffering as a result of the slow
pace of negotiations. I don’t understand how the president wants to be personally
involved in negotiations with oil marketers and at the same time travel all
over the world from one summit to another. He should understand that the masses
don’t care that much about the bottlenecks in these negotiations; all we want
is to be able to drive into a filling station and buy fuel at any time of the
day or year.
Secondly, is APC still the opposition party? Because responding to
every jibe from PDP doesn’t speak of a party who has come to terms with being a
ruling party. What I see here is that the APC never thought in its wildest
dreams that Goodluck Jonathan would lose in the last election and as a result,
they weren’t prepared for the responsibility of ruling. The PDP left us in a
total mess and would love nothing more than seeing APC fail. APC should put
aside their lyrical battle with PDP and fix the issues facing this country or
be seen as another party that failed us. APC should understand that elections
shouldn’t be a win at all cost affairs. The choice of late Abubakar Audu as the
party’s governorship candidate for Kogi State beats me.
A man who had already been
twice governor of the state from January 1992 until November 1993 and from 29th
May 1999 to May 2003? Was it that Audu performed so well in his previous spells
as governor of the state that APC chose to bring him back? I keep wondering
what the party’s “change” philosophy is all about. As we speak, Bayelsa State
is having another former governor as APC candidate for the coming governorship
election in the state. May God save us all from desperate political parties.
INEC should explain to us why politicians are allowed to contest
for elective positions in two different states. We have seen politicians lose
primaries in one state and move to another state and get elected. Isn’t it
confusing that Solomon Olamilekan alias YAYI contested for Lagos West senatorial
seat after previously registering to contest for Ogun West senatorial district?
And now, Faleke, who was a chairman of Ojodu local government and was also a
member of Lagos State House of Representatives may emerge as the governor of
Kogi State. INEC, please explain to us how this is possible ooo!!!.
Finally, the Federal government must insist that an autopsy is conducted
on Audu’s corpse. We have to quell this rumour of foul play making the rounds
or prove that he died of natural cause. Those who will argue that he was a
Muslim and was buried in accordance with Muslim laws should understand that
this is not a matter for religious sentiments. Audu was contesting an election
and the speculation surrounding his death can be exploited to throw the state into
chaos. INEC and the Federal Government must insist that an autopsy be carried
out on his corpse to clear the air.
-Etcetera
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