by Ranti Joseph
Muhammadu Buhari described the kidnap of the Chibok schoolgirls as the greatest embarrassment in Nigeria’s post-independence history, just as he threw a challenge to anyone to dispute his success in protecting the economy while he was Head of State.
Speaking on Wednesday at a security summit organized by his campaign team, Buhari also lamented the failure of the administration to put the country’s refineries in shape, saying his agenda in office would be to tackle insecurity, corruption and the destroyed economy noting the administration’s strategy against insurgency, he faulted the absence of a comprehensive welfare policy or plan for soldiers in the battlefield, saying it was irrational to send soldiers to battle on an empty stomach.
“I think the issue of the Chibok girls is really a great embarrassment to this country. Since independence, I do not think we have been reduced to such a position as a nation as the disappearance of 220 girls between the ages 14 and 18 for almost a year and government could not do anything about it and this is the same government that says it wants to remain in place.”
“I have said that APC as a party has identified three fundamental problems in this country. You cannot repeat them so often because everybody talks about them. They are insecurity, the destruction of the economy and corruption.
“The state of insecurity, as we said when the election was extended by six weeks, is that if the government and the military could not tame Boko Haram for five years, what will they do in six weeks? But I think that some positive moves have been made, but we are still at it.”
“The first thing they should have done is to make sure that you have a good plan on ground to take care of the welfare of the law enforcement agents. You cannot send someone on an operation for months, when his family is living in wants without medical care, no school and no good neighborhood and you want him to serve the country.”
“So, one gets disappointed now that soldiers on road block have started saying wetin you chop remain? As many of their colleagues were doing many years ago,” he said.
Thank God that Buhari has finally realized that the Administration of Jonathan has done much in combating Boko Haram insurgents.