National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, November 9 issued a note of warning to President Muhammadu Buhari demanding that disparaging comments about the nation\u2019s economy come to an immediate stop.<\/p>\n
Tinubu who stated this through an editorial titled \u201cMr. President, some inspiring words please,\u201d published by NATION insisted that the President needed to change his communication style and choose his words with caution.<\/p>\n
Others have accused the President of relentlessly pushing to demarket the nation.<\/p>\n
Before now, Tinubu had on November 2, in a piece titled \u201cNo Time for Remorse, Mr President\u201d slammed Buhari\u2019s relentless lamentations over Nigeria being \u201cbroke\u201d while lobbying foreign investors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a lot of our money has been stolen, what is the progress in getting them back? We need the money. We don\u2019t want a President who will lament,\u2019\u2019 Tinubu stated.<\/p>\n
This warning came hot on the heels of President\u2019s remarks at a press conference after the India-Africa Summit, which took place in India; Buhari admitted that Nigeria is indeed broke and was struggling to pay salaries.<\/p>\n
Buhari added that in the coming days he would have to prune the number of Ministries to remedy the situation.<\/p>\n
National Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisah Metuh in reaction slammed the President by drawing the attention of Nigerians to the \u201charmful consequences\u201d of the unabated negative statements from the very father of the nation, Buhari, on the economy and the general image of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is worrisome that in the last six months, the President, instead of making efforts to harness resources and grow the economy, has rather continued to apply himself, perhaps unwittingly, to demarketing the nation and scaring away investors through negative labeling of Nigerians and unwarranted unhealthy portrayal of the nation\u2019s economy.\u2019\u2019
\nHowever, Buhari while receiving Senate President, Bukola Saraki\u2019s submission of the last batch of confirmed Ministers stood his ground insisting he was not \u201clying about the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
His stance on saying the truth drew condemnation from the PDP, a cross section of APC loyalists and Tinubu.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving said that, however, President Buhari needs to remold his communication style.\u00a0 The religious-minded \u2014 or even the plain fatalistic \u2014 talk of the enormous power of the tongue.\u00a0 That simply means: whatever you say may well, in the final analysis, be your \u2018portion,\u2019 to use another religious-speak.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why the President and his handlers must embark on more inspiring ways to present the unflattering economic situation (the woes of which about everyone can feel), even as they rigorously think out of the bog,\u2019\u2019 Tinubu stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cHearing every time that Nigeria is broke, or that the economy is in near-collapse, and other ultra-negative war cries, have a tendency to paralyse.\u00a0 How do you rouse a paralysed people to buckle up and work at salvage?\u201d<\/p>\n
Tinubu went on to suggest that the President must be more economical with the truth in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout vaulting to the other extreme of flippant optimism, the President should be more positive; and provide a sunny face of the economy, even as his economic team x-rays the rather grim fundamentals; and come up with fresh thinking.
\n\u201cYes, the President should tell Nigerians the truth \u2014 his personal integrity, after all, played a big role in his presidential win.\u00a0 But it must be truth wisely, rather than starkly, told.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat measured optimism, of branding Nigeria\u2019s a challenging economy, yet not at all beyond redemption, backed by a clear-cut policy direction, should provide the double elixir of caution and hope that should inspire both Nigerians and foreigners, and eventually salvage the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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