Sunday, 29 May 2016

PMB’s Anniversary Speech: ‘If Buhari can’t get economic experts he should borrow from Goodluck Johnathan’

By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA-MEMBERS of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP Sunday described

President Muhammadu Buhari's one year anniversary as another round of

campaign.

Some of the lawmakers who spoke to Vanguard were unanimous in their

views declaring that the president's speech smacks of electoral campaigns to

further confuse Nigerians.

Stop the blame game-Chairman House C'ttee on Capital Market, Rep

Tajudeen Yusuf, PDP, Kogi said

According to Yusuf, the president's speech hover around blaming every visible

thing on ground instead of telling Nigerians how he would fix the country.

He said "he needs to deliberately make people who are on the other side

politically know that despite their opinion they have a place as critical

stakeholders in project Nigeria .

" The blame game should stop as 60-70% of the people around him were part

of the last 16 years and for him to succeed he must jettison primordial

sentiments and embrace facts that he met on ground".

"He was elected to fix Nigeria not to keep complaining. He should make

nation building the focal point of his administration. Nobody in his right

senses will dare challenge him on such a patriotic venture".

This is a 'go slow govt'-Chairman House C'ttee on Public Petitions, Rep

Uzoma Nkem-Aboonta said.

Abonta who represents Ukwa East/West in Abia in his submission described

the speech as a bag full of complaints and pointed out that "Nigerians are

becoming impatient with this 'go slow administration'.

He explained that "this is a time for proactive measures that are sustainable

not this idea of complaining of virtually everything".

"If he can't get economic experts he should borrow from the Goodluck

Johnathan's economic team and this could help him save Nigeria".

"Somebody close to him should tell him that this is not time for lamentation

rather he should concentrate on how to move this country forward".

Don't place the blame alone on Buhari-Rep Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma,PDP, Edo.

He said "we are all to blame because we did not manage our oil boom period

instead a few Nigerians siphoned our commonwealth into private pockets".

"Though I'm in PDP, I won't place the whole blame on Mr president alone as

we all failed project Nigeria".

"On his speech I will say is another round of complaints without end as the

mantra that catapulted APC to power has not changed anything".

"Nothing has changed, so far what we've seen is trial by error economic

policies of this government".

"My final take is that we should all put our thinking cap on and see how the

Nigerian project can be salvaged".

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