NEF: Tinubu’s Govt Has Erred, Took Faltering Decisions
•Urges Nigerians to be patient with govt, avoid illegal actions
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu, has erred in embarking on major decisions before it even took its first faltering steps.
Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the group, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who in a statement, said attempts to correct mistakes had not been very successful, however, urged Nigerians to be patient with the government and avoid illegal actions.
He noted that these had been made worse by the barrage of plans and policies being hinted at, which would make life even more intolerable for the Nigerian.
Baba-Ahmed noted that efforts made to correct mistakes appeared too hastily decided and would, in the long term, do little to relieve the desperate challenges of daily living of Nigerians.
“We advise this administration to cultivate the values of respect for the citizen, humility of the leader and a willingness to build flexibility into policies as great virtues that should serve it and the country well.
“We advise fellow citizens to be patient with the administration, and, at all cost, avoid illegal actions that will merely make our lives poorer and more insecure,” he said.
Baba-Ahmed stressed that the Forum has remained sensitive to the value of constructive use of time and circumstances, particularly, in the face of unprecedented hardship under which Nigerians live today.
He noted that it had become necessary, nonetheless, to speak on a number of important issues, so that the leadership and citizens would find some common grounds as they contemplate the next few steps.
“Now that President Tinubu is putting together a cabinet, the Forum hopes that Nigerians will see improvements in the manner decisions and plans of the administration are being handled.
“Most Nigerians do not need convincing that the country had been reduced to a very sorry state by the last administration, and sacrifices and informed policies and decisions will need to be made to make a transition to a more productive economy, more secure communities and a more united country.
“We believe that the administration has erred in embarking on major decisions before it even took its first faltering steps. Attempts to correct mistakes have not been very successful, and these have been made worse by the barrage of plans and policies being hinted at, which will make life even more intolerable for the Nigerian.
“Where efforts have been made to correct mistakes, they appeared too hastily decided and will, in the long term, do little to relieve the desperate challenges of daily living of Nigerian,” he said.
The forum noted that on the whole, the first few weeks of President Tinubu would be recorded by history as the act of a leadership that made bad situations considerably worse, and failed to explain why.
Baba-Ahmed stressed that the Forum preferred to believe this was not the intention of the administration, but that it shared the agony of the citizen, whose life had taken a major turn for the worse in the last few weeks.
