Anybody who wants to break away should go ahead – Ciroma

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Adamu Ciroma has said that anybody who wants to breakaway from Nigeria is free to do so.

Ciroma who made the declaration in an interview with The Sun said he doesn’t care about restructuring, and that human beings would always face problems in co-existing.

“I don’t care about restructuring, I don’t fear restructuring. What I know as an educated man is that human beings, no matter where they are, as long as they are more than one person, there will be problems of how to live together and Nigerians have been learning how to live together since the British brought them together as one unit.

“The problem varies from time-to-time and if you want to survive, you must know how to solve your problems; there is nothing fixed, there is nothing permanent, and the problems keep changing.

“Every age has got its problems and you have to learn how to solve problems; if you don’t learn how to solve problems, you will die.”

The former Minister of Finance said anyone who thinks breaking away is the only option to Nigeria’s woes should do so, and should also be prepared if their intention is resisted.

“Any part of Nigeria that feels tired of Nigeria; that believes that Nigeria is not going to solve its problems and the alternative is to break away, break away is only one option. If you try to break away, somebody else is going to try to prevent you and the result may be bloody or it may succeed. So you haven’t got ready-made problems or ready-made solutions; anybody who wants to break, let him break.”

He also said the PDP lost power because they deviated from the principles of the founding fathers.

“I can tell you that PDP lost power because they departed from the principles which were laid down. PDP was a party set up to ensure that every part of this country is involved, everyone is involved, that no part of the country is left out, that the military cannot just come back and take power and that was how it succeeded in 1999.

Speaking on the leadership of President Buhari, the elder statesman said the President is one who would not put public money into his pocket.

“President Buhari is one person that I believe everybody trusts, I believe that people know that he is not going to take public money and put it in his pocket, he is not that kind of person.

“Buhari is not going to be corrupt. He is not going to take public money, he is not going to allow people who take public money to hold big positions but he needs time to deal with these things.”

On the economy Ciroma said he did not understand what the Minister of Finance was doing to deal with the crisis.

“The economy is a problem. People want him to have a team that will deal with the problems. But even myself I find it difficult to understand the role of the Minster of Economic affairs that is Sen. Udo Udoma, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, I don’t quite understand what role they are playing dealing with this problem. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has certain problems and a lot of people are complaining.”

Ciroma who is believed to be a champion for a northerner to be Nigeria’s president said he believed former President Jonathan wasn’t competent.

“I really didn’t care a hoot where the President came from. What I wanted to see is a competent person being the president and competently dealing with the problems of this country. To be honest with you, I believe that President Jonathan was not competent, I believe that President Buhari is very honest but he has not been able yet to deal with the economic problems of this country.”

The former minister of finance also lent his voice on the agitations by various groups such as the Niger Delta Avengers and Boko Haram, saying “government belongs to everybody”.

“Government belongs to everybody, it is for the benefit of everybody and every problem has a way of dealing with itself.  Sometimes, it is wise to negotiate, sometimes it is weakness to negotiate. You always have to pick which way is going to solve your problem.”

One comment

  1. Ciroma has never contributed any positive thing into for Project Nigeria . He’s Tribalist,Religious bigot&can’t survive outside FG

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