{"id":39881,"date":"2015-06-23T17:09:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T16:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=39881"},"modified":"2015-06-23T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T16:09:14","slug":"buhari-is-nigerias-hope-for-progress-gov-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/buhari-is-nigerias-hope-for-progress-gov-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari is Nigeria&#8217;s Hope for Progress &#8211; Gov. Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says, due to the \u200eprevailing challenges facing the country, only leaders with the\u00a0temperament, disposition and candour of President Muhammadu Buhari can\u00a0see Nigeria through the woods.<br \/>\nGovernor Ahmed in a statement on the state of the nation described the\u00a0administrative strategy of deep and wide consultation, critical\u00a0appraisal of divergent views on salient issues which are hallmarks of\u00a0inclusive governance that President Buhari has employed so far as the\u00a0best for the country in the prevailing circumstances.<br \/>\nAhmed who was speaking with journalists in Abuja after a meeting at the presidential Villa was of the view\u00a0that such methodological appraisal borne out of strategic planning informed why President Buhari has not allowed himself in being\u00a0stampeded into hasty ministerial announcements.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor, \u201cthe seeming delay in announcing the list\u00a0of prospective ministers by the president, I believe is because\u00a0President Buhari wants a team of top notch bureaucrats, seasoned\u00a0administrators, accomplished intellectuals among others who will help<br \/>\nin driving the change mantra of his administration\u201d.<br \/>\nThe governor stressed that through such inclusive approach as\u00a0President Buhari has embraced, Nigeria cannot retreat into the age\u00a0of impunity, cruelty and utter disregard for the sanctity of human\u00a0life.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ahmed opined that with President Buhari&#8217;s antecedents as a bold,\u00a0courageous leader, coupled with his penchant for inclusive governance,\u00a0Nigeria now has a leader with the foresight of Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum who pivoted the transformation of Dubai and United Arab\u00a0Emirate (UAE) into the tourism and economic hub of the world; a leader\u00a0in the mould of Wiston Churchill who saw Great Britain through the\u00a0challenging period of World War 11.<br \/>\nAhmed reasoned that a strategy of exclusion breeds dictatorship in\u00a0governance, with particular reference to what the world experienced through the regimes of dictators like Mobutu Sese Seku of former\u00a0Zaire, Idi Amin of Uganda among others.<\/p>\n<p><b>Abdulwahab Oba<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Chief Press Secretary<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>to the Kwara State Governor<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"HOEnZb\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">&#8212;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Muideen Akorede, PhD<\/div>\n<div>Senior Special Assistant to the Governor,<br \/>\n(Media and Communication),<br \/>\nGovernment House,<br \/>\nIlorin.<\/p>\n<div>I invite you to follow @Governor_Ahmed on twitter<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says, due to the \u200eprevailing challenges facing the country, only leaders with the\u00a0temperament, disposition and candour of President Muhammadu Buhari can\u00a0see Nigeria through the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buhari is Nigeria&#039;s Hope for Progress - Gov. 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