Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan
has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on Monday as ‘shallow’
Buhari had in a nationwide broadcast announced extension of
lockdown in ABuja, Lagos and Ogun States.
Reacting to Buhari’s broadcast, Omokri took to his Twitter
page to explain reasons the broadcast was shallow and failed to give answers to
Nigerians’ concerns.
He queried Buhari for not addressing the breakdown of law
and order in Lagos and other states as crime rates and robbery have increased.
Omokri wondered why Buhari could not take questions from
journalists and shed more light on palliative measures to Nigerians.
The former presidential spokesman wrote: “General Buhari’s
broadcast was shallow. He told us nothing new. He did not tell us what
specifically he has done, is doing and will do to ease life for Nigerians
during this #CoronaVirus lockdown. It was a national waste of 20 minutes we
could have spent better
“General Buhari boasted about what he should have been
ashamed of. In a country of 200 million citizens, how can you boast of training
7,000 health workers. Was he not ashamed? This is what a local government
chairman should be boasting about, not a President.
“In fact, General Buhari said worse than nothing. This was
not news. It was noise. He says we are on the right track to defeat COVID-19
(thank God he could pronounce it). How? We are not testing. We do not know who
has it. We don’t know who died due to coronavirus.
“General Buhari boasted that his government has traced 92%
of identified contacts of coronavirus patients. This is blatantly false. For
instance, have they traced and identified the contacts of all those who
attended AMMA awards? What about the Katsina doctor?
“General Buhari did not address the breakdown of law and
order in parts of Lagos and Ogun. People can’t sleep at home. They are now
vigilantes in their communities. Not one word. Not one word. It is as if their
sufferings don’t exist. Very insensitive!
“General Buhari is himself a virus. He doesn’t know what he
is doing. If you say you want to protect the life of Nigerians, then how come
your conditional cash transfer is lopsided towards the North, where over 80% of
beneficiaries are located. Are they on lockdown?
“Boris Johnson who was just released from hospital gave a
broadcast to the UK that was more informative and power packed than what
General Buhari gave.
Boris took questions. Buhari just stood there reading
English that someone else typed for him. So uninspiring.”
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