Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum
(NEF), says the north has paid the biggest price for the “failure” of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking on Wednesday at the second annual Ripples Centre
for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ) dialogue in Lagos, Baba-Ahmed
said the country might get worse than it is because there is nothing to show in
the present administration that things would change for the better before 2023.
He added that it is possible to have the country
restructured if Nigerians elect into office a president that can do such in
2023.
“The north has paid the biggest price for the failure of
President Buhari and nobody should attribute Buhari’s failure to northerners,”
Baba-Ahmed said.
“The people in the
northern parts of the country has the wrong person in office, because they are
the first victims of the mis-governance of President Buhari.”
Also speaking at the event, Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta
and chairman of the occasion, said Nigeria has never been divided or witnessed
such magnitude of mistrust as it is presently.
“Nigeria is better and stronger together, and with
appropriate, visionary leadership and good governance. We can turn our
diversity into a great source of strength and a springboard to build a strong
multi-ethnic and multi-religious country that will be the envy of other
nations,” Okowa said.
“As 2023 approaches, leadership is key and the focus should
be on electing a pan Nigerian as President; a person with the capacity and
charisma to cast a vision for Nigeria and rally all Nigerians behind it.
“We need a selfless, sacrificial, sincere, broadminded,
caring and capable President that will inspire hope and confidence in the
country.”
Also at the event were Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a
Yoruba socio-political group, and Uche Onyeagocha, former member of the house
of representatives.
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