National leader of the
All Progressives Congress, APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday came down
hard on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, demanding an
apology over his recent outburst on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
Kachikwu had apparently in a very testy moment last Wednesday declared that the
“prevailing fuel scarcity may linger till May,” adding that he was not a magician to offer a quick-fix Tinubu in a statement
last night described the minister’s statement as unbecoming of a ‘member of
this progressive government,’ adding that, ‘he has strayed from the progressive
calling required of this administration.’
In the nine paragraph statement personally signed by him, and entitled
“Kachikwu needs to know that respect and good performance will do what magic
cannot,” the former Lagos State governor admonished him on the rudiments of understanding his role as a public
servant and applying it strictly in his relationship with the people, who he
described as “his boss.” While acknowledging that he insulted the people by his
“unguarded,” and “cavalier” remark, Tinubu observed that “he committed an act
of insubordination,” enjoining him to “refrain from such interjections in the
future.” Said he: “Power is rested in the people. He is a mere custodian, or
agent of their will. In talking to us in such a manner, he committed an act of
insubordination.
If he had talked so cavalierly to his boss in the private sector, he would have
been reprimanded, or worse. If wise, the man should refrain from such
interjections in the future, “As his bosses, the people have a right to demand
the requisite performance and respect from him. He should apologize for
treating them so lightly in this instance.”
Tinubu described the art of governance as ‘difficult and complex, especially during trying times.’ Saying that the steep reduction in global oil prices from over 100 dollars per barrel to roughly 40 dollars now presents a hard challenge, he advised that “we can no longer afford past practices,” which demands “a new creative reform, materially changing the substance of a national economic policy as well as the objectives of that policy, and how the policy is presented to the people.
Tinubu described the art of governance as ‘difficult and complex, especially during trying times.’ Saying that the steep reduction in global oil prices from over 100 dollars per barrel to roughly 40 dollars now presents a hard challenge, he advised that “we can no longer afford past practices,” which demands “a new creative reform, materially changing the substance of a national economic policy as well as the objectives of that policy, and how the policy is presented to the people.
Therein lies the essence of progressive governance.”
He said the Buhari administration represents the last best hope for the people,
away from the corruption and reckless governance experienced under the
immediate past regime of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The APC leader lamented the plight and hardship of Nigerians inflicted on them
by the fuel crises, saying “there may be no economic matter more difficult to
unravel and more sensitive to the purse of the average person than the current
fuel scarcity.”
-Sun News
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