Administration, FCTA, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, described
President Goodluck Jonathan's 52nd Independence Anniversary speech as
18 minutes of false claims.
El-Rufai also picked holes with the one year prayer project the
President flagged off, stressing that rather than engage Nigerians and
spend money on the project, President Jonathan must deliver on
dividends of democracy by providing the needed infrastructure for
Nigerians to enjoy.
El-Rufai, who noted that the broadcast lacked substance, said: "Is it
at all possible to react to nothing? The speech was 18 minutes of
false claims of accomplishments no one can see or feel, and promises
that no one believes will be fulfilled.
"That is the tragedy of our nation today. That is why a country which
constitution does not recognise any 'state religion' has resorted to a
year of publicly-funded prayer project, instead of the harder work of
providing inclusive leadership, honesty and integrity by example."
Also commenting on the broadcast, Senator Domingo Obende, ACN, Edo
North, noted that speeches might sound good and were semantics. But
stressed that what was required was action.
He urged Jonathan to wake up to the challenges of governance, while
sympathising with him against the backdrop that Nigeria is a complex
country with myriad of problems.
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