FROM MONDAY, YOU WILL SEE HOW THE MARKETS WILL RESPOND TO BUHARI'S RETURN - EL-RUFAI
FROM MONDAY, YOU WILL SEE HOW THE MARKETS WILL RESPOND TO BUHARI'S
RETURN - EL-RUFAI
The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised President
Muhammadu Buhari to cut down his work hours - He also advised the president to
reduce the numbers of visitors he receive daily so as to have time to reflect
on his campaign promises - He advised the president to prioritise the three
areas that he has always promised Nigerians Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna
state has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to cut down his working hours and
reduce the number of visitors he received daily.
The governor said Buhari needs time to reflect and restrategize and
deliver his campaign promise to Nigeria. In an interview with Channels TV,
El-Rufai said the president needed to refocus his anti-corruption war which he
claims has not been succeeding as expected in recent times. The other two areas
of the president's campaign promises to Nigeria that El-Rufai thinks Buhari
should focus on now that he has returned from his medical leave are: the
diversification of the economy and the war against the Boko Haram insurgency
and insecurity.
Buhari He said: “Personally, I am very excited and very relieved that Mr
President is back. Politically, of course, it raises Nigeria’s stability
significantly and I’m sure (that) from Monday, you will see even how the
markets will respond. “For us in the APC and for many of us that are
beneficiaries of Buhari’s political ascendance, this is a time of great
happiness and gratitude to almighty God for bringing him back safely and well
as well. “I still believe that the President needs to be measured in his work
hours. I would not want him to work between 12-18 hours a day as he used to. I
think the traffic into his office and residence needs to be curtailed so that
he would have more time to reflect. “We have less than two years to deliver on
most of our promises so I expect the President to refocus, make some
administrative adjustments, (and) prioritise the three areas that he has always
promised Nigerians.” “We’ve been losing lots of cases in the courts. I think
there is need to refocus work on that and bring back the anti-corruption war on
track fully." On diversifying the economy, he said: “The efforts to
diversify the economy should continue in earnest – and, here, I believe the 36
state governments have a major role to play because Nigeria consists of 36
states and any improvement in the business environment must begin from the 36
states, not just Abuja. On the war against Boko Haram, he said: “Boko Haram has
resurged in the absence of the President. Now that he is back, I expect more
focus on the war against Boko Haram – to finish them off, whatever is left of
them and to make Nigeria safer.
“We are very optimistic that these issues will be the ones Mr President
will look at among other things, and bring back our country on track towards
progress and as we prepare towards 2019 beginning from next year."
Meanwhile, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu, has finally spoken out about the health travails recently suffered
by President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, described
Buhari’s return after about 103 days in London as a nation’s hope fulfilled.
Tinubu, who has been silent for a while and currently out of Nigeria, expressed
joy hours after Buhari’s arrival in Nigeria, in a statement released by his
media office.