A chieftain of the Northern Elders Forum and former
Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has advised
President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his cabinet and flush out those cabinet
members not measuring up.
Abdullahi said it was clear that Buhari’s cabinet consists of
people that have nothing to offer, stressing that “there are many ways to
compensate them, not necessarily through ministerial appointments.”
Though President Muhammadu Buhari is facing challenges from all
sectors, the issue of militancy in the Niger Delta is seriously affecting the
country from meeting our OPEC quarter in oil production, huge sums of money is
also going into fighting Boko Haram.
The President should quickly send a Bill to the National Assembly
so that they can empower him to use money that government so far recovered from
corrupt Nigerians,” Abdullahi said.
He added: “The country is in a situation that the President should
take extra measures even if he will go out of the constitution, let’s call it
doctrine of necessity, so that the Executive Arm of Government which the
President has direct control, can embark on measures that will revamp the
economy, including taking soft foreign loans if necessary.
Even developed countries take loans when they are facing
recession so that they can put back their economy on track.”
While calling on Nigerians to support the Buhari administration,
the retired varsity administrator said the call for prayers became imperative
because the country was already deep into recession before he came on board,
recalling that even the Jonathan administration was borrowing to pay salaries
as far as 2014.
Abdullahi, who is a strong advocate of power shift, insisted that
whether Buhari succeeded or not, in 2023, the Presidency of the country must
shift to the South West in view of the role the region played in Buhari’s
emergence.
He said Buhari “should quickly send a Bill to the National
Assembly so that they can empower him to use money that government, so far,
recovered from corrupt Nigerians.”
The former ABU helmsman commended the government for closing
borders against illegal importation of goods, stating that this would encourage
Nigerians to go back to farm en mass. He, however, advised that government
should release grains in its strategic reserve through cooperative societies to
farmer so that it will cushion the suffering the ordinary people now face.

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