Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi, a Kaduna based Islamic cleric, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to “give chance to someone with the capacity to deliver” because Nigerians are not pleased with his administration.
Sheikh Gumi said this during an interactive session with Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant in Kaduna.
He opines that President Buhari administration is trying his best, but the best he can offer is not good enough for the country.
“It is like a student I used to have. He studies do his homework and read but when the exams come, he fails. The problem is not that he is not trying but that was his capacity. The same thing is the problem of the present administration. Truly, they are doing their best, but their best is not good enough. What they need to do is to give chance to someone with the capacity to deliver,” he said.
Sheik Gumi said there is the need for synergy in the country to enhance multi-faceted growth.
“When I traveled to Uyo during Akapbio’s tenure, there was no pothole in the capital city and when the governor was asked, he said whenever he sees a pothole on the road, the commissioner for works will have to come and explain it. So, some states are doing it but it is in partial. So, what we need is a synergy from everybody.”
“If you look at the colonial era, the railways were built towards the coast. So, it was about transporting resources to their own country. It has at least provided transportation. Exploitation has been going on, but since we are a nation blessed, and this country, we are still here, let’s build a nation with little emphasis on what divides the people.”
Sowore said he is making consultations across the country to know the minds of the electorate and know what the people want him to do differently.
“People are asking questions about what we are going to do differently. Somebody called this morning and said the North’s problem is lack of education but there is also the problem of drug consumption among the youths, high mortality rate, there is also the problem of electricity, our roads are not good. And at the end of the day, everybody came to the conclusion that for the country to prosper, people with the capacity to deliver have to be there,” the presidential aspirant said.
