Former governor of the old Bendel state and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Samuel Ogbemudia, has said that Nigerians will not forgive President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails them.
He said this on Friday when he met members of the committee he set up to oversee the yearly Best Journalist award in Edo state, led by a former general manager of the Edo State Broadcasting Service (EBS) Sibi Lawal-Igioh.
He said, “Nigerians asked him (Buhari) to appoint people who can work with him and he can only appoint people he knows. If he fails by appointing a United Nation they will say it was his fault, they ought to have known.
“But he is now picking people he has tremendous trust in their ability. So those criticizing him should let him do his work. If at the end of four years he did not perform, then Nigerians have another opportunity to either say carry on or stop.
“All these criticisms, I do not buy them. And the people who are criticising him probably they have never held any government position, they don’t know what is happening there, that all that glitters is not gold.
“First and foremost, Buhari was elected for four years and in the programme of events which led to the elections, at no time was one hundred days mentioned.
“So I expect that when eventually he finished the home work he will come out with something big. When he was elected, Nigerians have very high expectation of his performance and in order not to disappoint Nigerians, he wants to take time to plan his programme so that when eventually he pushes it out they will welcome it.
“So they can excuse him because the Buhari they knew earlier on is no longer the same Buhari because this is a democracy.
“He has the National Assembly and the judicial arm now. His powers then is being shared with these two arms now. He cannot join the bandwagon, as a matter of fact that is why he wants to change the evil ways things are done before so that Nigeria will be better.”
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