A member of House of Representatives, Edionwele representing Esan west, Esan Central and Igueben Federal constituencies of Edo State, Chief Joe Edionwele has challenged President Mohammadu Buhari to restore the lost glory of the Nigerian economy.
Visibly angry that the previous leaders had taken country backwards, the federal lawmaker said that Nigeria at this time does not want a sectional leader.
He recalled the hey days of groundnut pyramid and cotton in the North, cocoa in the West, Rubber and palm oil in the Eastern part of the country, saying that the country has derailed.
According to him, Nigeria should be made to function like the old days of textile mill and Peugeot automobile Assembly in Kaduna, steel in Aladja and Itakpe in Kogi and coal mine in Enugu which contributed to the economy of the Nigeria.
Edionwele said: “The leader the country needs now is not a provisional leader.
The nation needs a functional leader. We need a leader that will ask question of yester years that we used to have groundnut pyramid and cotton in the North, cocoa in the West, Rubber and palm oil in the Eastern part of the country .
“We need a leader who will ask what went wrong and offer solution. A functional leader that will remember that we used to have Nigeria Airways, Nigeria railways, Nigeria boat yard or water ways.
A leader that will ask where are they, what went wrong and see how he can reactivate the transport systems. We need a leader that will remember that we used to refine oil in Nigeria, what happened to the refineries and reactivate them.
”We had textile mill and Peugeot automobile Assembly in Kaduna, steel in Aladja and Itakpe in Kogi and coal mine in Enugu. We need a leader that will ask what went wrong and make sure that they are reactivated. That is the functional leader we need now.
If all these industries are reactivated, the issue of unemployment would have been a thing of the past and we would have addressed the issue of insecurity and insurgence and the economy would have greatly improved.
“We used to have settlement; rice farms, poultries, fisheries and diaries production organized by federal government across the state. This are what will count for any leader not who is senate leader or who is the senate leader is or who is the house leader.
“We need a leader that will ensure job security. One of the major problems causing corruption in the civil service is lack of job security.
Until our leaders address these issues, we would be running in circles. It would be a case of one step forward two step backward.” He said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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