BUHARI HAS DISAPPOINTED NIGERIANS – AREWA YOUTH FORUM
BUHARI HAS DISAPPOINTED NIGERIANS – AREWA YOUTH FORUM
Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, has lamented
that President Muhammadu Buhari and his team has performed below Nigerians’
expectations.
AYF National president, Gambo Ibrahim
Gujungu in a statement in Kaduna on Sunday said, “The youths also called for
cabinet reshuffle as they posited that those that were expected to assist the
President in his change agenda has failed in the discharge of their duties.”
“A situation where majority of
Nigerians languish in object poverty and penury, where people can no longer eat
two times a day not to talk about three square meals a day is a worrisome
development and a cause for concern for us and we believe should be for all
well meaning Nigerians.
“Time for change is now before it is
too late; the alarming situation, however, is that there seems not to be any
concrete or genuine solutions coming from government and its agencies on how to
ameliorate the present quagmire that is threatening to take the country to the
precipice.”
“It is because of this we are calling
on the President to immediately undertake a cabinet reshuffle and bring in
capable Nigerians who can assist him in changing the present status quo.
“As an organization with affiliates
across the 19 Northern states and Abuja and as working stakeholders across the
whole country, there is a concensus that the ship of state is in dire strain.
The bottom line is that Nigerians standard of living is at one of its lowest
ebb in history and as a government that campaigned on the mantra of change, the
time to change things cannot be better than now.
“As the umbrella organization of all
youths in the north and committed to the wellbeing of Nigerian youths as a
whole, we are worried about the prevailing situation in the country.
“But instead of solutions, we are
daily inundated with news on alleged graft, in house fighting and at other
times mundane issues from this government that was given so much by Nigerian
people who are yet to see the fruit of their sacrifice and battle to root out
the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) that failed to live up to the expectations
of the people after 16 years in power.
“While we are not unaware of the rot
and desolate situation that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and its main
flagbearer President Muhammadu Buhari met on ground, we also make bold to say
that we, nay Nigerians expected better performance from the PMB led administration
more than two years in the saddle.
“Let the President and his co
travellers know that majority of Nigerians were in unison that the PDP failed,
even your party APC know that fact and we believe that is why they came with
the change mantra.
“But alas, two years down the road,
many things have refused to change and instead the downward slope from the
previous administration that Nigerians so much abhor and voted massively
against and in favor of the APC and many others for President Buhari as an individual.
“The sluggishness of this
administration in tackling some salient issues of governance has left so much
to be desired. Up till now, Nigerians are still waiting for report of the
Osinbajo committee that investigated the suspended Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, (SGF) and Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) boss; government
has continued to keep mute.
“The recent allegation by the
Minister of state, Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu against the GMD of NNPC, Maikanti
Baru is trending and government has not deemed it necessary to speak to
Nigerians on the matter. This is a sour point for this administration and
President Muhammadu Buhari who many had so much faith in.
“Consequently, after an overview of
the polity and the present predicament of the populace, we want President
Muhammadu Buhari to know that his cherished reputation and integrity which was
a major factor in the victory of the APC in the 2015 general elections is
gradually being eroded.
“This is because his government is
not coordinated and majority of Nigerians who hitherto believed so much in him
are suffering more than ever before.”
