Sen. Ndume: Buhari Is A Good leader, But People Around him Not Performing

Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, made the call
while fielding questions from journalists on Monday, in Maiduguri.

“Buhari is a good leader but quite a number of his cabinet members are
not doing enough to reposition the country as enshrined in the
President’s Agenda.

” I am impressed with the 2020 national budget performance which stood
at about 90 per cent implementation, this feat has never been achieved
in the history of Nigeria or by any government in power,’’ he said.

Ndume said it was unfortunate that the impact of the implemented budget
had not been felt in most places, due to poor representation by top
political appointees at the federal level.

The senator, therefore, urged the President to reconstitute the Federal
Executive Council so as to have an all-inclusive governance at the
grassroots.

“Nigerian youths constitute over 60 per cent of the population who are
unemployed and frustrated and that is what led to the EndSARS.

“When the President directed the ministers to visit their states to
speak to their youths during the EndSARS, some of them could not go
because they are not connected with their people.

“The President, in his speech, publicly admitted that they have hurt the
youths and that they were right and government is willing to address all
their five demands,’’ he said.

Similarly, he expressed the hope that the President would implement the
promises and policies made to the youths so that the country would move
forward.

“You can’t be providing and yet the impact is not felt. The problem with
the Buhari administration is that the handlers, who are supposed to
implement the laudable projects, are either compromising or not doing it
appropriately.

“I believe that 2021 will be a turning point in the history of Nigeria,
because the problem of leadership normally is either denial, ignore the
problem or don’t identify the problem’’ he said. (NAN)