Report reaching us has that the Presidency on Thursday
stated that President Muhammadu Buhari would not battle the Emir of Kano,
Alhaji Mohammadu Sanusi, over his attack on the current administration’s
failure to deliver on the promises made to Nigerians after one year in office.
Sanusi while speaking made it clear that it is very likely
that the Buhari-led government may end up not doing anything to deliver the
dividends of democracy as it was with past regimes.
The Emir who is also the chairman of the fifteenth meeting
of the Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning in
Kano State, had contended that the disappointment of the Buhari-led government
to make job opportunities open for the more than 80 million young people in the
nation, has help to create more terrorist activities in the country.
Nevertheless, during a meeting with some reporters on
Thursday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,
Garba Shehu, said the Emir’s criticism, was sound for a democratic system.
As opposed to battling the Emir, Shehu said Buhari's administration
would listen and follow up on the feedback.
The presidential spokesman however stated clearly that, “This
government will not fight people for criticising the present administration led
by President Buhari. This kind of
criticism is healthy for our democracy.
One cannot get better without being criticised. I can assure you that
this government is listening.”
In the meantime, Buhari on Thursday had a meeting with the
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, in what was
accepted to be an aftermath of Sanusi's criticism of Buhari.
A Presidential source told journalist that the CBN would
react properly to Sanusi's remark.
He said the CBN chief could have utilized the chance of the
meeting with the President to motivate endorsement to answer Sanusi.
The ruler, who titled his discourse, “Nigeria in search of
new growth model,” had said most of the policies of the Buhari’s administration
were terrible for the economy, containing that Buhari must follow his strides.
He noticed that there were times when the Federal Government
attempted to take care of business, adding that it neglected to development,
which added to the continuous monetary downturn.
The excerpts of his statement said, ‘‘I will neither change
nor be political by telling people what they want to hear. The truth is that
there is nothing we are facing today that we did not know would happen. We made
mistakes, many of them deliberate; we ignored every single warning.
“If you take a brand-new car and hand it over to a driver
who doesn’t have a licence to drive it and you are involved in an accident, you
can’t say you are surprised, unless you are some kind of an idiot.
“We should not just keep blaming the previous administration;
we also made some mistakes in the current administration.
“They must retrace their steps. They have to retrace those
steps all the way. We should not fall into the same trap we fell the last time
when the government was always right. The bottom line is that if your policy is
wrong, it means you must change it and nothing will make it right as it has to
be changed.
“If this government continues to behave the way the last
government behaved, it will end up where Jonathan ended.”
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