By: Ken Agala
I think Femi Adesina and Shehu Garba should start doing frog jump in Aso
rock before President Buhari returns from work today. I can’t have two
professional speech writers and I go on International TV to give thanks to
a country that has seized to exist twenty five years ago.
Now, very forgivable is the reference to Angela Merkel as President
Mitchel, that is not much of a Problem. It can be waved off as
pronunciation error and this is never an issue in International diplomacy.
However, the reference to West Germany exposes a man who is totally
disconnected with contemporary global politics. How can you possibly refer
to Germany as West Germany in 2015? Its like making reference to Panya
while making a speech at the United Nation.
The most disastrous aspect of the speech is when the President thanked the
heads of state for asking him to discus with their “chief defence of
staff”.
This part showed that the President couldn’t even comprehend here any longer.
The truth is that President Buhari might have a very strong will to move
this county forward and we need to help him. A will without a way can lead
to wallowing.
The President actually needs to put together a very competent team to help
him because some blunders might actually begin to caste doubts over his
grasp and understanding of the details involved in these meetings he
attends.
Its not too early to start fronting Professor Osibanjo. You can’t be
benching your star player just because you want the captain to make the
team.
But for employing two world class media giants and they allowed our
President to thank the President of a country that is non existence in the
last 25 years, Femi Adeshina and Shehu Garba should continue that frog
jump till next week.