Why Buhari’s change is bringing pain to Nigerians – Chief Etiebet
– Chief Etiebet praised President Buhari for his change agenda
– The elder statesman says the president is going to make Nigerians smile soon with his policies
– He insists the APC is getting an inroad into the south
Chief Don Etiebet has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s change agenda will definitely bring pain as the process of transformation is tough.
In an interview with Vanguard, the statesman said the fear of Buhari is the beginning of wisdom.
“That’s the atmosphere you need for development and good governance. Today, the fear of PMB is the beginning of wisdom. Of course, you don’t expect people to like that or accept that overnight having been used to ‘carry go syndrome’ with impunity.
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“Mind you, change means dislocation, means departure, means uncertainty and as human beings it takes time to adapt and adjust and so you may hear of stimulus induced complaints. Naturally there must be a period of transition filled with pain. But with a sincerity of purpose as exhibited by President Muhammed Buhari, this transition period of seeming agony will soon turn into a lasting period of ecstasy and fulfilment.”
On the assumption that President Buhari was channelling all his efforts towards fighting corruption, the politician disagreed.
“Oh my God, who is saying that? Do you know what would have happened to our country if President Muhammadu Buhari had not come on board as the President of this country at the time he did? As Father Mbaka said, President Buhari is “a Nigerian Prayer answered”.
“We would have woken up one morning and seen that Nigeria is broke, is bankrupt and her total foreign exchange gone if the rate of the financial profligacy had gone on the way it was. Starting from curbing certain imports and stopping FX round tripping, to the implementation of the Single Treasury Account and the prudent management of the scarce foreign exchange to save the Naira, Nigeria would have been plunged into economic disaster if otherwise had been done. Can anybody tell Nigerians how all the three trillion Naira mobbed up into the STA was helping the economy before?”
He urged Nigerians to pray for the president to be successful.
“We should all pray that God who brought President Buhari to head this country at this time should continue to abide with him with all the strength and resources to win this war against corruption for us so that Nigeria can now be on the path of development. Can you imagine what the alleged loot of over $250 billion starched away abroad can do for Nigeria if the President recovers them all?”
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On whether the All Progressives Congress is struggling to make a presence in the south, Etiebet said it was the contrary as the party within a short period had made a good impression.
“No, APC is not finding it difficult to enter the South-South. In fact APC had within that very short time taken over South South because of the corrupt and maladministration that pervaded some of the states in the Region . The truth is that we were violently and murderously rigged out and the recent berserk pronouncements by the Supreme Court on the election petitions which have been severely condemned by all and sundry came to worsen matters. From the current revelations of alleged bribery of Electoral Officers, Security personnel and electoral Monitors in the South-South region you would agree with me that we were rigged out.”
Meanwhile, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo cast doubt on Buhari’s performance in handling the country’s economy.
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