Chief Okey Nwosu, the national chairman
of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), took a swipe at President
Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) saying
that deception is now a central policy in the government.
This Day reports that Nwosu was speaking of recent happenings in Nigeria and the delay in the appointments of Buhari’s cabinet.
He said:
”President Buhari truly has an agenda, but change is not one of them in the real sense”.
Nwosu blamed the president for attempting to take more power to himself, thus, consolidating power at the
centre, diminishing the states and
federalism in general terms.
”The Nigerian state is still running on the foundations that the
former President Goodluck Jonathan set. We had thought that Buhari and
the APC would set up structures, unfortunately, we’ve not seen that. All
we hear is corruption, witch hunting, trying to demonise Jonathan. This
is no time to play politics for Buhari and APC; if things are bad, Nigerians expect you to move in, as you promised to hit the ground running.”
Nwosu further added:
”Serious government don’t operate on drama:
dramatising things and engaging in propaganda, it is unfortunate the APC
and the president’s men cannot draw a line between politics and
governance, that is slowing them from moving.”
The ADC chairman noted:
“All former Nigerian presidents are billionaires both in naira and dollars except Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd); these billionaire presidents include Buhari himself. You don’t become a billionaire with the kind of salary we pay here.
“I am sure Buhari who had promised to make public his assets’ declaration
might have been stopped by some of his advisers because after they
assessed his worth, they discovered that it will cause a major scandal.”
“So, going to witch hunt Jonathan does not make anybody good, otherwise get all the former presidents to declare their assets,” he added.
Nwosu also criticized President Buhari’s US visit, saying that with no ministers yet, the US meeting would be useless.
Buhari left Nigeria on July 19, Sunday. He has met his American
counterpart Barack Obama at the White House. The Nigerian leader stated
that he would not appoint his cabinet till September.
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