Rochas Okoroacha, former governor of Imo state, has asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to do away with incompetent appointees by adopting the “hire
and fire” approach.
Rochas spoke when members of the Integrity Group of the
non-national working committee, national executive committee (NEC) of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) paid him a visit in Abuja.
He expressed disappointment over the loss of ”APC states” to
the major opposition party, saying it is painful that the party no longer
controls any state in the south-south region.
He blamed the problem of the party on the selfishness of its
leaders who pursue individual interest instead of working for the good of all.
He said the people who worked for the success of the APC
have been neglected which, according to him, as resulted in “so much anger from
ward level to the national level” while Buhari bears the brunt.
He said the APC leadership and all concerned have not
rendered the necessary support to Buhari “in achieving his heart desires for
this country”.
“I must say here that what works in most developed countries
is hire and fire which brings discipline in the system. There is nothing as bad
as persons who occupy government positions and are not working but are kept for
sentiment basis,” Okorocha said.
“They should be fired
to create room for those who can perform. There is nobody on earth who is Alpha
and Omega, if you can’t do the job, be sure that someone can do it.
“But when you know you can’t be fired If you messed up, you
tend to mess up the more. So, I suggest that our party should begin the issue
of hire and fire. That is why I commend the decision to remove the leadership
of APC.
“That is how it should go; if you can’t do the job we show
you the way out. I will urge our party, the APC, under the leadership of
President Muhammadu Buhari to imbibe the spirit and fire so that people can sit
up and do the right thing.
“The problem of the party is the selfishness of the
political leaders. We no longer have what I term collective responsibility,
rather we have selfish responsibility where leaders are busy thinking the next
election and what positions they can occupy instead of thinking about the
dividends of democracy as it should affect the people of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
“Those who have been
empowered, have refused to empower others. The issue of empowerment is
empowering one person so that he can empower others but those who have been
empowered now have new friends and neglected the foot soldiers and at the end
of the day, it is President Muhammadu Buhari that takes the brunt.
“So, policies of our government are just hanging and do not
get to the grassroots. Owners of our party are not participating in the running
of the party.”
He asked the leadership of the party to return to “how it
all started and where we started from”.
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