A former Minister and Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello
University, ABU, Zaria, Professor Ango Abdullahi has said that Olusegun
Obasanjo is a far more better President than Muhammadu Buhari.
Abdullahi, who is the current Chairman of the Northern
Elders Forum, NEF, also pointed out that President Buhari delegates power to
other people who probably have no qualification and competence to execute the
duties of their offices.
NEF Chairman noted that Obasanjo’s presidency was able to
make decisions and took responsibilities, qualities, according to him, the
Buhari administration lacked.
“I would say that he [Buhari] delegates power to other
people who probably have no qualification and competence to execute the duties
of their offices. They may also have no mandate to execute those powers
delegated to them,” Daily Trust quoted Abdullahi.
“The presidential powers that are enshrined in the
constitution are entailing the responsibilities of a person who offered himself
for election, as Buhari did.
“Eventually, he emerged as the president and therefore those
powers are exclusively his own powers. All he needs to do is to ensure that
those powers are executed in the expectation of the people of the country.”
According to him, “it is true Buhari cannot do everything
all alone but there are responsibilities and functions that are totally his.”
He said unfortunately, the President had failed to gather
the necessary materials with which to carry out the duties and functions of the
President and had also put together poor quality of people either as Ministers
and other positions.
“I have worked with only one of the presidents. I worked
with Obasanjo for three years. Of course, Obasanjo was a better president.
“I ranked Obasanjo far better president than Buhari. This is
because of his ability to take on the duties of president whether sometimes right
or wrong.
“The critical job of the president is to take decision. Some
of the decisions may be right, while others may be wrong. The most important
thing is that there must be somebody who takes decisions and take
responsibility.
“This is where Obasanjo excelled. He took decision and took
responsibility. This is the major difference between Obasanjo’s presidency and
that of Buhari,” he said.
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