Buhari’s New Year Speech Was Embarrassingly
Banal, Uninspiring, Empty And Myopic – Mike Ozekhome
Human rights
activist, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has described January 1st New Year address by President
Mohammadu Buhari, as an embarrassment. In a statement made available to newsmen
in Abuja, he said the remarks were not only embarrassingly banal, uninspiring,
empty, but also myopic, unrealistic and bereft of any benefit of historical
dynamics.
Ozekhome
pointed out that the speech was a confirmation of the fact that the President
had lost touch with the people, saying:
“It is an
unfortunate metaphor for one who has lost total touch with the people and their
aching pulse.” “It was an honest admission of abysmal failure, total
directionless and cluelessness in the current opaque governance of the country.
“It never
talked about or told Nigerians what he is doing about the putrefying corruption
in his government with overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence of fat untouchable
cows left unprosecuted. “The President, in his speech dismissed the genuine and
shrill cries of Nigerians for immediate restructuring of our fundamentally
flawed federal system of government, which is actually unitary in nature and
operation.
“I couldn’t
believe Buhari could muster the courage to blame helpless and hapless Nigerians
for being inpatient in their expectation of good governance after two years and
nine months of his becoming President, with only one more year to another
general elections.”
Ozekhome
reminded the number one citizen and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that
they voluntarily entered into a written contract with Nigerians in their
manifesto of about 41 mouth-watering ‘Eldorado promises’ that completely
hoodwinked Nigerians to queue behind him.
“When he was
accused of not possessing school certificate or its equivalent, Nigerians fired
back that it didn’t matter and that they were satisfied if all he had was a
mere Agege bread or NEPA bill tag. “Such was the ululation and sheer passion
that when he was pronounced winner, one Nigerian actually walked from Lagos to
Abuja in solidarity, while another rode a bicycle from Kaduna to Lagos.
“Unfortunately,
all the promises and hopes of a better tomorrow have since become a mirage,
reminding one of Julius Caesar’s tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.” “He surprisingly exonerated a colourless, rudderless, and
corruption-laden NNPC that is not accountable to the Nigerian people.
“PMB failed
to do an honest self introspection to discover that he, as the substantive
Minister of Petroleum Resources (since he could not trust any other Nigerian
honest enough to head the ministry) had woefully failed Nigerians. “Nearly half
of the speech was wasted on discussion of railway projects, which do not add
value to immediate issues of hunger, mass unemployment, and Nigerians’ desire
to survive.
“The more I
read the speech, the more I am convinced that Nigeria is in real trouble.”
Buhari’s New Year Speech Was Embarrassingly Banal, Uninspiring, Empty And Myopic – Mike Ozekhome
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