The Buhari administration is taking its time to outline its
action plans for Nigeria because of the depth of the mess that its predecessor
left behind, a spokesman said on Sunday. The government was reacting to a “30
days appraisal” of the Buhari administration by the National Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh.
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina described the Buhari
administration as being contemplative because there was absolutely no rhyme or
reason to the way PDP ran the country, particularly in the immediate past
dispensation.
“He wants Nigerians to join hands in prayers for the
government, so that things would begin to move,” he said of the Metuh
statement. “What he does not know is
that Nigerians had long formed such coalition. They are hands in hands, and
that was what gave victory to President Buhari in the March 28, 2015 poll.”
Adesina stated that Metuh and his masters can only rue the
opportunities they missed to make a salutary impact on the lives of Nigerians,
adding that they have a long road of regrets to travel.
He noted that Nigerians teamed up to uproot an
administration which had brought the country to her knees, and was about to tip
her off the precipice. Nigerians, he declared, have resolved that never would
they allow any government to divide them along regional, religious and ethnic
fault lines again.
“The Buhari administration is naturally contemplative
because there was absolutely no rhyme or reason to the way PDP ran the country,
particularly in the immediate past dispensation. That is why the Augean Stable
is being cleaned now, and it requires scrupulous and painstaking planning.
Across all sectors, our national life was devalued, and it takes meticulousness
and sure-footedness to repair all the breaches. This, the Buhari administration
will deliver.”
Adesina dismissed Metuh’s statement that President Buhari is
conniving with bureaucrats to siphon money from the treasury, stating that it
was the immediate past administration of the PDP that had made that practice a
pastime, and that the enormity of that sleaze will be evident when billions of
dollars of funds it stole is recovered and returned to the national treasury
soon.
“In the process of time, after all that is being planned by
the current administration has matured, and bearing fruits, Nigerians will be
able to determine who is serving them acceptably, and who has taken them for a
ride,” he said. “It is just a matter of
time.”
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