By Adeshina Peter

Dear ‘Buhari can do no wrong’ fan base,

Your latest reply to people who scrutinize the decisions of your ‘lord’, Buhari that “one year is not enough to solve Nigeria’s problems” is not only simplistic, it is – by nature of governance – faulty.

I don’t know if it is done deliberately to buy more goodwill for the government or out of good intentions. Whichever one it is, I believe it is erroneous.

First off, no number of year(s) is sufficient to solve Nigeria or that of any country’s problems. Not one, two, three, four or five. It isn’t just because the problems are enormous but also because in the very nature of life, the solution of one problem often leads to another.

I mean, we all agree America is a great country but despite all of their monumental innovations and forward thinking, they still have serious problems today. Our problems may not be similar to theirs due to the disparity in advancement but the point is – they are not free from problems and they’ve been dealing with theirs many years before the thought to create Nigeria was even conceived.

So, the “one year is not enough” narrative is a convenient excuse that can be thrown around for four years and it would still be valid.

After all, ‘lord’ Buhari is attempting to solve a problem that began 16 years ago and going by this logic, it should take nothing less than 16 years to solve it. – You sef see now that it is Kagawa Logic abi?

Secondly, I do not think anyone in the world thinks that ‘lord’ Buhari can and should end Nigeria’s problems in a year. What some people, who have been dubbed ‘negative people’, think however, is that there are several green light he could have turned on in the very first year that would either strengthen or ignite confidence that his administration is on the right path.

Right now, it takes a lot of optimism not be concerned or seriously worried about the future of the country under his watch. Given the way the last election went and how divisive it was, a lot of people expected President Buhari to unite the country and calm fraying nerves. Unfortunately, he has done the exact opposite.

From saying in New York that those who gave him five percent of their votes should not expect the same treatment that those who gave him ninety – seven percent would be getting, to conveniently ignoring the growing menace called the Fulani Herdsmen despite issuing out threat to IPOB protesters and the Niger Delta Avengers.

It has been reported that the Fulani Herdsmen are the fifth most deadliest group in the WORLD and in the space of a year, they have killed more people than Boko Haram. All of these though matters not to ‘lord’ Buhari and yesterday in his speech, he addressed the other aforementioned groups but again, ignored the Herdsmen.

His appointments too left very little to be desired. For a man that spent six months evaluating and screening ministerial candidates, it is curious to know how he ended up with several ministers who have shown gross incompetence and lack of wherewithal to drive their respective ministry forward.

As for the economy, the less said, the better. The report of the first quarter emboldens the fear that the emotional and wishful thinking ‘lord’ Buhari is upholding is doing a lot of damage to jobs, foreign investment and exchange.

How about media communication? Confusing and quite childish. ‘Lord’ Buhari says one thing, Femi Adesina drops the remix, Osinbajo gives us another mixtape and then Lai Mohammed finally drops the market copy. We don’t even know who or what to believe anymore.

Furthermore, for all the talks about ‘lord’ Buhari’s integrity, he is yet to truly declare his asset like Umaru Yaradua did. Only God knows what he is hiding. And he is also reluctant to get rid of the NINE – some even say eleven – private jets that himself and his party roundly criticized while campaigning.

He embraces the luxury and doesn’t think it is out of place for him to be allocated 100,000 Naira monthly for newspapers while the minimum wage of workers whose tax is used to foot his luxurious lifestyle remains at a meagre 18,000 Naira.

It is okay if you choose not to see anything wrong with your ‘lord’ but please do not try to force those who do into submission or silence with insults and all.

‘Lord’ Buhari could have done a lot more in his first year than he did. He lacked urgency, decisiveness and direction.

Final advice, because I love you guys so much, do not ever forget to thoroughly wash the ass of your lord before licking. As we all know, old ass can quite carry some dirt.

Now, you can go back to you worship.

Yours sincerely,

A wailer you like to insult.

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Adeshina Peter can be reached on Twitter via @Shina_Pitta