Friday, April 3, 2015
The Challenges Before The APC New Government
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By Taiwo Okanlawon
When democracy came to stay on May 29th 1999, Nigerians were pleased that they were ready to reap bounteously the dividends of democracy that have long eluded them under the gripping of the military.
After sixteen years of democratic rule, as led by the People's Democratic Party, condition of living seemingly looks same as Nigerians still groan under untold hardships, as the nation's affairs degenerate to the worse situations.
The increasing tensions in the North apparently seem loosely attended to as economic degradation, corruption and nepotism, get on the increase by the day. Past and Present administrations of the Peoples Democratic Party have continued to tell Nigerians that the government is near somewhere, and that it has been fighting corruption, rebasing the economic and providing quality living with little to show for it. Many Nigerians home and abroad believed that Jonathan will be the Messiah to rescue the nation from its economic whores and battle corruption to the last breathe but his coming was gifted with crises, corruption and challenges that tended to hinder the progress of the nation.
For Major-General Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress, APC, the road to the presidency has been long and twisted. But with determination, much improvement on the APC structures and with the Nigerian people on his side, it is hoped that having become the president, tentatively, he would exhibit the courage to take the nation to desired heights.
Gen. Buhari had run repeatedly for the presidency for four consecutive times in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. With his emergence as president-elect, (1 April, 2015), his unrelenting pursuit to attain the federal political office is an example of persistence Nigerians should emulate.
It is unarguably a staggering duty to govern a society, and it becomes much more frightening, in a society such as Nigeria with an uncertain sociopolitical and economic environment.
Now that Nigerians are bringing in new government, it is hoped that the APC would bring the anticipated change that Nigerians desire and usher in a new era of politics, thus, bringing integrity to governance. For the APC government to deliver on his promises for Nigeria, the government must restructure nation's socioeconomic and political baring.
Gen. Buhari told TheNews Magazine during an interview in December 2003, "I think this country is in a mess." He has constantly demonstrated his belief that the mess could be cleaned up and it would be morning again in Nigeria. If good people run away from the mess, it would only get messier. This has been his tune since January 1984. He said on his assumption of office as Head of State: "This generation of Nigerians and really future generations have no other country than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it together."
Nigerians were fearfully concerned on how the federal government can tackle the biting and caustic corruption, education, agriculture and power failure, and I believe if General Buhari is still in the "salvage operation", he must fight corruption to the last breathe.
It's generally believed that government is meant to protect her citizens and property but in Nigeria the reverse is the case. Many people had been innocently killed while property worth millions of naira destroyed for no just cause and the federal government has abysmally failed to bring the unsympathetic committers to book.
For the security challenges, Buhari's background as military general should be an easy way of producing adequate security for lives and properties of every Nigerians. Even though the insurgents in the Northeast recently pushed back, Buhari, as President and Commander-in-Chief from May 29 will now be saddled with the heavy task of rebuilding devastated communities in the North-east and resettling millions of internally displaced persons.
Corruption is one of major obstacles to Nigeria development, it has created so many fake billionaires in Nigeria, people who do nothing other than ruin the economy and diminish the people. It is clear that ninety-nine percent of the wealthy Nigerians today made their money directly or indirectly from the government coffers either through the inflation of contracts sum, embezzlement of public funds and corruption of all sort, Buhari must urgently attend to this uneven trend.
Another challenge the new government is going to face lies in educational sector that are not designed for the contemporary economy. They lack the tools to produce good quality graduates to manage the affairs of the nation. Majority of graduates lack the skills that drive human productivity. Increase in productivity would enlarge the nation's economic pie and reduce poverty and crime.
Conclusively, Nigeria has always had the wrong people in authority. The day the right people begin to rule, Nigeria will be so transformed. The country don't need to import anything to make it great, all the components for vastness are here with us. What we need are leaders who can tie together these potentials and unleash us to greatness
By Taiwo Okanlawon
When democracy came to stay on May 29th 1999, Nigerians were pleased that they were ready to reap bounteously the dividends of democracy that have long eluded them under the gripping of the military.
After sixteen years of democratic rule, as led by the People's Democratic Party, condition of living seemingly looks same as Nigerians still groan under untold hardships, as the nation's affairs degenerate to the worse situations.
The increasing tensions in the North apparently seem loosely attended to as economic degradation, corruption and nepotism, get on the increase by the day. Past and Present administrations of the Peoples Democratic Party have continued to tell Nigerians that the government is near somewhere, and that it has been fighting corruption, rebasing the economic and providing quality living with little to show for it. Many Nigerians home and abroad believed that Jonathan will be the Messiah to rescue the nation from its economic whores and battle corruption to the last breathe but his coming was gifted with crises, corruption and challenges that tended to hinder the progress of the nation.
For Major-General Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress, APC, the road to the presidency has been long and twisted. But with determination, much improvement on the APC structures and with the Nigerian people on his side, it is hoped that having become the president, tentatively, he would exhibit the courage to take the nation to desired heights.
Gen. Buhari had run repeatedly for the presidency for four consecutive times in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. With his emergence as president-elect, (1 April, 2015), his unrelenting pursuit to attain the federal political office is an example of persistence Nigerians should emulate.
It is unarguably a staggering duty to govern a society, and it becomes much more frightening, in a society such as Nigeria with an uncertain sociopolitical and economic environment.
Now that Nigerians are bringing in new government, it is hoped that the APC would bring the anticipated change that Nigerians desire and usher in a new era of politics, thus, bringing integrity to governance. For the APC government to deliver on his promises for Nigeria, the government must restructure nation's socioeconomic and political baring.
Gen. Buhari told TheNews Magazine during an interview in December 2003, "I think this country is in a mess." He has constantly demonstrated his belief that the mess could be cleaned up and it would be morning again in Nigeria. If good people run away from the mess, it would only get messier. This has been his tune since January 1984. He said on his assumption of office as Head of State: "This generation of Nigerians and really future generations have no other country than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it together."
Nigerians were fearfully concerned on how the federal government can tackle the biting and caustic corruption, education, agriculture and power failure, and I believe if General Buhari is still in the "salvage operation", he must fight corruption to the last breathe.
It's generally believed that government is meant to protect her citizens and property but in Nigeria the reverse is the case. Many people had been innocently killed while property worth millions of naira destroyed for no just cause and the federal government has abysmally failed to bring the unsympathetic committers to book.
For the security challenges, Buhari's background as military general should be an easy way of producing adequate security for lives and properties of every Nigerians. Even though the insurgents in the Northeast recently pushed back, Buhari, as President and Commander-in-Chief from May 29 will now be saddled with the heavy task of rebuilding devastated communities in the North-east and resettling millions of internally displaced persons.
Corruption is one of major obstacles to Nigeria development, it has created so many fake billionaires in Nigeria, people who do nothing other than ruin the economy and diminish the people. It is clear that ninety-nine percent of the wealthy Nigerians today made their money directly or indirectly from the government coffers either through the inflation of contracts sum, embezzlement of public funds and corruption of all sort, Buhari must urgently attend to this uneven trend.
Another challenge the new government is going to face lies in educational sector that are not designed for the contemporary economy. They lack the tools to produce good quality graduates to manage the affairs of the nation. Majority of graduates lack the skills that drive human productivity. Increase in productivity would enlarge the nation's economic pie and reduce poverty and crime.
Conclusively, Nigeria has always had the wrong people in authority. The day the right people begin to rule, Nigeria will be so transformed. The country don't need to import anything to make it great, all the components for vastness are here with us. What we need are leaders who can tie together these potentials and unleash us to greatness
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