While speaking at the national executive committee meeting
of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Edo State Governor addresses the issue
with Nigerians accusing Buhari of not delivering ‘change’ in the
country. “I
know that right now, everybody is talking in the country. Is this the change we
asked for? And my answer is Yes’’. He said
‘’It is the change we asked for. For all of us in this hall,
you know that the challenge of fixing a house that has been destroyed is much
more cumbersome than even building a completely new house because for the one
that has been destroyed, you have to start by removing the debris.
You have to check whether the foundations are weak so that
you remove them. You must first do a lot of cleansing and excavation. That is
what President Muhammadu Buhari is doing. And people expect that in 12 months
you would have fixed what was destroyed in 16 years.
It is simply not possible and in any case, you must also
recognize that even the pressure on the naira is the result of the so much
dollars that was taken out and it will require a lot of efforts at a time of
collapsed prices and the challenge of oil export to fix what was completely
mismanaged.
So, I ask us as elite, we have a duty to explain to the
Nigerian people: Changes will come, but they won’t come by trying to remove a
house with smoke under. You must extinguish the fire and make sure the
foundations are strong, and start the process of rebuilding gradually.
Is this the Change we asked for? Yes. It’s the Change we
asked for. There is no way miracles can occur in the life of a nation. The
challenge of re-fixing the house that has been destroyed is much more cumbersome." He said.
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