A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh, says Nigerians should stone him and his party members if President Buhari fails to deliver on his electoral promises. He said this in an interview with Leadership newspaper
“You have heard the President said he is the one that Nigerians voted for and he is responsible to them not to me or you. He is not owned by anybody.
He was there between 1983 and 1985, he has experienced it, he is the only one who came since independence to be President of Nigeria and succeeded. No other one, Tafawa Balewa wanted to be a broadcaster, he became Prime Minister, Alhaji Shehu Shagari wanted to become a Senator, he became President; Olusegun Obasanjo was in prison praying to be released, at the end of the day he became president, Late Yar ‘Adua wanted to retire to lecture in Ahmadu Bello University, he became President; Jonathan was taken from Bayelsa to Abuja and made Vice President and them later became Acting President and President. Buhari went into politics and wanted to be President in 2003, he failed, 2007 he failed and 2015 he succeeded. Do you think that this type of person will be rushed into doing things he doesn’t believe will make Nigerians grow? I can assure you No. There are three steps in Buhari’s scheme, S+S=P that is the equation. S is for security, he will secure Nigeria, the other S is for stability, he will stabilise Nigeria through infrastructural development and the outcome of security and stability is Prosperity and Nigeria will prosper. At the end of the day, if Buhari doesn’t perform, stone us because he is going to perform” he said. (LIB)
For several years now, oil subsidy was a means of siphoning and wasting Nigerian money. But wait a minute, did I hear that the government is doing away with subsidy starting from January 1, 2016. Bravo! this bold action by President Buhari’s government needs to be applauded.
Change is indeed here – despite the rough and tough economy. We must be patient in order to reap the dividends of democracy and informed leadership. Very soon there will be no more business as usual in Nigeria. We must tighten all loopholes for diverting and siphoning money from Nigeria, get a grip on bribery and corruption at all federal, state, and local levels of Nigerian government.