‘Buhari has transformed Nigeria negatively,’ Northern elders aim another jibe at president
by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr
The Northern Elders Forum on Friday decried the current precarious state of the country occasioned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership style.
The forum is one of the fiercest critics of the Buhari administration.
The Northern elders endorsed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2019 and asked Nigerians to vote out the ineffective Buhari administration.
Since the President was re-elected three years ago, NEF has consistently criticised the government over issues such as corruption, rising poverty, deteriorating security, and other issues.
The NEF spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, recognised strong and sincere leadership as the cornerstone for every country’s development in a series of tweets on his Twitter account on Friday.
He highlighted religion and ethnicity as the two main issues plaguing the nation and impeding its development.
He also accused Nigerians of failing to learn from bad leadership exhibited by the country’s leaders.
Baba-Ahmed wrote: “Leadership is critical, but so is the ability to learn from past mistakes. In 2015, millions thought Buhari would transform Nigeria. He did negatively.
“You have to wonder if the results of poor leadership under which we have been sinking have taught us anything. Just look at how we have elevated faith and ethnic identity over everything else. Yet insecurity and poverty affect us all.
“No country is ever guaranteed to work and none is guaranteed to fail. To keep countries together, you need good people to lead them, strong values shared by the majority of citizens, strong institutions that will support consistent development, and citizens as stakeholders.”
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