BREAKING NEWS, Politics
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Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, is not happy that President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be unwilling to implement the recommendations of the report of the 2014 National Conference organised by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Rueben Fasoranti, leader of the group, who noted that President Buhari and most chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were opposed to the conference, however, said that the only way to restructure the country was for the government to implement the confab report.
Fasoranti explained that the conference formed the blueprint for the future and betterment of the country, noting, however, that the group would not keep quiet until the report was implemented. “The reason we supported Jonathan, of course, was because he agreed to carry out the decisions of the National Conference. The present government is not working towards that and when the time comes, we shall speak again. Unless we do that, Nigeria will not settle. That is, the recommendations of the confab.
“Restructuring and many other things in the recommendations is what Nigeria needed to move forward. So much money was spent on them and it will be a shame; in fact, it will be a disaster if the report of the confab is dumped somewhere. I am sure people will continue to talk until something is done. Although, the APC didn’t like it because the party didn’t attend the conference but the recommendations formed the blueprint for future Nigeria,” he said.
On the delay in the appointment of cabinet members, Fasoranti implored the president to settle down for proper governance and appoint credible people to work with him. “I think the president should sit down and have a package. He is just picking people here and there. He did not have time to settle down for governance yet and the time is flying.
“Let him constitute his cabinet and start working. As it is now, Buhari is still behaving like a military dictator – just picking on people. He should sit down for work. His cabinet has not met. He is running a one-man show now but let us gives him some time,” Fasoranti said.
— Aug 24, 2015 @ 13:10 GMT
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