BEVERLY HILLS, June 17, (THEWILL) – Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is already delivering on his electoral promises and the APC Change agenda.
The Governor made the declaration at the National Executive Committee meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association where he also called on the NBA to join the government in the fight against corruption
“I know that right now, everybody is talking in the country. Is this the change we asked for? And my answer is Yes,” he said.
“It is the change we asked for. For all of us in this hall, you know that the challenge of fixing a house that has been destroyed is much more cumbersome than even building a completely new house because for the one that has been destroyed, you have to start by removing the debris.
“You have to check whether the foundations are weak so that you remove them. You must first do a lot of cleansing and excavation.
“That is what President Muhammadu Buhari is doing. And people expect that in 12 months you would have fixed what was destroyed in 16 years. It is simply not possible and in any case, you must also recognize that even the pressure on the naira is the result of the so much dollars that was taken out and it will require a lot of efforts at a time of collapsed prices and the challenge of oil export to fix what was completely mismanaged.
“So, I ask us as elite, we have a duty to explain to the Nigerian people: Changes will come, but they won’t come by trying to remove a house with smoke under. You must extinguish the fire and make sure the foundations are strong, and start the process of rebuilding gradually.
“Is this the Change we asked for? Yes. It’s the Change we asked for. There is no way miracles can occur in the life of a nation. The challenge of re-fixing the house that has been destroyed is much more cumbersome.”
On allegations that the anti-corruption war is one-sided, Oshiomhole declared that: “the truth is if you monopolize power for sixteen years, and you monopolize the sharing of the national treasury for sixteen years, should you not monopolize the burden of being prosecuted for sixteen years?
“Is it the victims of the sharing that should be prosecuted? You dominated power for sixteen years, you have operated in the name of Boko Haram and you spent the money and shared the money. Who else should be prosecuted?” he queried.
Story by David Oputah
