The former Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop giving excuses over the excruciating pains and hardship being experienced by Nigerians.
Dr. Lukman made the call in a piece titled: “Travesty of Nigerian Democracy” asking the President Tinubu led administration to do something urgently to end the suffering of Nigerians before it is too late.
Lukman who was the immediate past National Vice Chairman North West of the APC contended that rather than giving excuses, the government should be telling Nigerians what it is doing to address their problems.
He maintained that President Tinubu cannot distance himself from the mistakes committed by his predecessor, Mohammadu Buhari, he stressed that excuses being offered would only confirm that the government is living in denial of the multifaceted challenges besetting the country.
“Nigerians are truly going through hard times. No excuses will pacify our citizens. In fact, excuses will not put food on the table of Nigerians, he wrote.
“We must appeal to both President Asiwaju Tinubu and all our APC leaders in government at all levels to resist the temptation of giving excuses. If we at all aspire to return to the founding vision of APC of becoming a progressive party, our leaders, and governments we produced must take responsibility.
“Taking responsibility is about being honest. When we initiate or fail to initiate actions to respond to challenges, we must accept responsibility. Both in terms of the alleged failure of former President Buhari to initiate the right measures to manage the Nigerian economy during his eight-year tenure and initiatives of President Asiwaju Tinubu to withdraw fuel subsidy as well as float the Naira against other international currencies without proper planning, as APC members and leaders we should take responsibility, he said.
|The Guardian
