The Ekiti State Chapter of Egbe Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has declared that it is too early for a section of Nigerians to criticize President Muhammadu Buhari who is barely three months in office.
The body said all Nigerians must support Buhari’s efforts to rid the country of corruption and clear the mess allegedly left behind by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
It, however, faulted the position of the Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, who accused Buhari of ruling like a dictator and running a one-man show by not forming a cabinet since coming to power.
The Ekiti State Chairman of Afenifere, Chief Ibidapo Awojolu, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, said Buhari has given the country the right direction and showed that he possesses the ability to offer quality leadership.
He maintained that the people of Ekiti State in particular and the Yoruba in general are not opposed to Buhari, saying they remain important stakeholders in his administration and would never antagonize a government that is determined to take Nigeria out of the woods.
Awojolu said the impression created by Fasoranti was incorrect and not in tandem with expectations of majority of Nigerians who are happy with Buhari’s vision in enthroning probity, accountability and transparency in governance.
He said: “Criticizing Buhari is premature and too early in the day. He is not up to three months in office, how can you be criticizing somebody who has four years to spend in office and be assessing his performance within three months?
“The criticism is part of the inbuilt prejudice and antagonism they have against him which started from the election period.
“The Yoruba are not against Buhari and we want to say that nobody either as a person or a group should make other Nigerians believe that the Yoruba are against President Buhari.
“In Ekiti State, majority of the people are in support of President Buhari and what he (Fasoranti) wants the whole Nigerians to believe is that the Yoruba are against Buhari and this is not true.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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who cares, individually Nigerians would assess our leader and follow exactly what we can see that he has done or doing, if u care go on with your ethnic assessment with so much bias and hatred, who cares... today it is the Yoruba yesterday it was the Igbo; you cannot arm twist this one like you did to Jonathan, he is different, he is careless about their propaganda, all he wants is purity, integrity accountability, equity; if they like they tell us he does not have certificate again what have they not said but the man is focus..... Mr. President I did not vote for you in the last election, I pray that you keep going the way u have started, I will just wish the next election is tomorrow.....
ReplyDeleteFar too early to criticize Buhari, even fools knows....
ReplyDeleteLet's till 2019 b4 we criticise Buhari, am sure it's a good time to start. MTchewwww
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