By Uche Mbah
After four years in office, and being on the verge of another four year term, President Muhammadu Buhari has continued the trade of blaming every other person, particularly the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the woes of Nigeria.
Buhari has, since he took over power in 2015, been blaming everyone else-except himself-for the failures of his government. He appears to be set to carry this blame game through the next four years.
Buhari spoke while receiving the board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, led by the Group Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Ikazoboh at the presidential villa, Abuja.
According to him, if the country’s resources were correctly managed by past governments, Nigeria would have by now been on the part of prosperity.
In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, his Media Aid, the All Progressives Congress, APC government was not only determined to reverse the trend of squander-mania and mismanagement, “we have made progress in some areas such as agriculture.”
Recall that under the last government, the Nigerian Economy was the fastest growing in the world, and the biggest in Africa. With the onset of the Buhari regime, the fastest growing economy changed to Ghana, later to be overtaken by Rwanda. Instead, the country has become the poverty capital of the world.
The President appears to have the penchant for overlooking monumental corruption under and around him “while witch-hunting opposition”, according to analysts.
Ecobank, which specifically requested for the de-congestion of Apapa Port, was told that the project is in the offing, and will be tackled during his second term.
It will be recalled that many stakeholders have requested for the opening up of other ports to help de-congest Apapa, but some conservative elements have been blocking the efforts. In fact, it was rumored that one of the reasons why Akinwumi Ambode was removed by Bola Tinubu, the Godfather of Lagos, was because he publicly advocated for the opening up of other ports to de-congest Apapa. But instead of opening up Calabar and Warri ports, the Buhari government appear to be more interested in dry ports.
