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Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by Okimski(m): 9:22pm On Nov 28, 2015
Dele Momodu writes a memo to President Muhammadu
Buhari asking him to as a matter of urgency fix Nigeria
saying that Nigerians are lamenting that the change he
promised is fast becoming a mirage and that Buhari’s
style and methodology appear too slow.
He also went further to say that many mostly the
oppotions want the government to fail saying that they
were ‘skillfully setting the president up for failure in order
to be able to taunt his supporters.’
Read the full memo bellow .
By Dele Momodu


Your Excellency, it’s been months since I wrote my
desperate memo to you. I wish to thank you once more
for reacting promptly and swiftly at that time and for
giving me the honour and privilege of meeting you in your
office. I remember presenting you a special compilation
of my articles, especially the many admonitions to your
immediate predecessor, President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan.
After handing over the book to you, Sir, I promised to
continue acting in my self-appointed capacity as Special
Adviser because of the need to tell you what those very
close to you might not be able to say. They might be
afraid of you and your reaction.
The truth is you are a plain and simple man imbued with
a mission and a passion to save this great country but
you cannot do it on your own. You can only do it if
people close to you, who should be advising you, tell you
as it is so that you can do that which you were elected to
do.
Sir, it is on the above basis that I’m back today for
reasons some of which you probably know already from
your own personal observations and readings. But
before I go further, kindly permit me to set some records
straight before some conspiracy specialists step forward
to ascribe other people’s opinion to me. I shall clearly
expose my personal views and state where I belong or
stand for any avoidance of doubt. Everywhere I go
people refer to me as Buhari’s man and ask “what’s your
Baba doing ooo?”. I seriously have no problem with that.
I’m proud that I joined so many other Nigerians as well
as foreign friends in supporting a man of impeccable
pedigree and solid integrity. No matter your view of
President Muhammadu Buhari, one thing his bitterest
enemies give to him is the fact that he is way above the
level of most mortals in matters of uprightness.
This is why many of us volunteered to scream your name
to high heavens and we were ready to follow you to
Golgotha. Many of your opponents have not gotten over
the thrashing you gave them and would forever seek
everything and anything to smear you with. It is
therefore not surprising that there has been so much
noise about what you’ve done or left undone. Whether
they are right or wrong in their assessment, I feel it is
right and proper to let you know what people are saying
about you including your most ardent fans and
supporters. Sir, please, let’s not dismiss them as mere
rabble-rousers. A groundswell of public opinion can
easily metamorphose into an ocean of disenchantment
and cataclysmic confusion. In short, I believe your
enemies are skilfully setting you up for failure in order to
be able to taunt your supporters later by saying we “we
told you so!” In this regard it is pertinent to always bear
in mind the Yoruba saying ‘ehin kunle l’ota wa, ile ni a se
ni ngbe’! Loosely translated it means “the enemy lurk
outside in the backyard but your foe resides inside your
house.”
What is the matter this time? Many Nigerians are
lamenting that the change you promised them is fast
becoming a mirage. It is certainly not what they are
seeing right now. They insist that your style and
methodology appear too slow for a nation in dire straits
and in need of urgent and miraculous deliverance. They
are not happy that you are no longer the prudent man
they used to know. They think you’ve already capitulated
by frolicking with members of the bourgeois class and
junketing around the world while Nigeria burns like
Dante’s inferno. They are miffed that you are still
keeping the Presidential fleet when you are supposed to
have sold most of them off, if not all. They are worried
that the mandate of four years they gave you is being
unwittingly frittered away and before you know it all the
goodwill you garnered would have evaporated and
vamoosed. Time, they say, waits for no man!
The economy and the free fall of the Naira have become
worrisome. There are all manner of rumours that may
make matters worse, if true, about the current state and
status of our banks. Though the Central Bank of Nigeria
has come out forcefully to dispel the dangerous
rumours, they want you to unleash your economic
master-plan as soon as possible, so that what was once
a baseless rumour does not somehow become harsh
reality. They are expecting a blue-print that would
guarantee a farewell to poverty. On this I agree with the
opinion that something drastic has to be conjured up to
arrest this drift to perdition. Nothing amplifies this
monumental tragedy than the debit card fiasco which
stipulates that Nigerians cannot live in a civilised world
by walking into any international hotel or shop of their
choice and paying with their cards. This is terribly
depressing.
What this means in plain terms is that Nigerians must
patronise the black market and run the risk of carrying
cash recklessly whenever they travel abroad. It makes a
mockery of the cashless society that the CBN has fought
so hard to put in place and jeopardises your fight against
corruption because government officials who travel
abroad must of necessity carry large sums of cash if
they are not to be embarrassed or even disgraced. Sir,
the most important thing is that this is not healthy at all.
The last thing your Government should be telling the
world is that we are so broke that we are on our knees.
The world laughs at us and treats us with derision
because we have resources other than crude oil which
should make us one of the richest in the world if we
properly harness them. We must stop giving the
impression that we are so impoverished when it is
leadership, brigandage and a lack of focus that has failed
us.
The other matter that continues to embarrass Nigerians
is the issue of Boko Haram. The matter is made worse
by the fact that you are a retired army General who
should know and have what it takes to drastically reduce
if not exterminate the cankerworm. But rather the
menace has exacerbated. It has snowballed into a
seemingly unquenchable conflagration. I had argued
repeatedly that the military alone cannot achieve this
result. Intelligence seems to be the key word here. Also
identifying and locating some of the cells and prominent
sympathisers is crucial. Those who arrogantly and
naively say that no form of negotiation should take place
are very far from the theatre of war. They have probably
not heard of a group called IRA, the Irish Republican
Army, that terrorised Great Britain for God knows how
many years. I and my directors at Ovation International
were lucky to escape a massive explosion that shattered
the peace and tranquillity of London Docklands when a
bomb went off inside the South Quay light rail station
which was next to our office at Beaufort Court. The
battle of wits and the war of attrition had to be fought
using the carrot and the stick approach. It was the carrot
approach that eventually succeeded and the United
Kingdom has now been rid of that hitherto interminable
scourge for many years!
The Boko Haram issue has defied every effort made so
far and it is time to expand the options for the sake of
our fellow citizens in the heart of this conundrum. When
over 200 girls vanished into thin air, we were so sure they
would return very soon but that has remained an illusion.
This should tell us that this issue is not a joke and that
we need to keep all windows open. Sir, Nigerians want to
see government show a different approach and better
compassion than what we had in the past. They are
waiting to see how you will do this with minimum
collateral damage.
Sir, you have a herculean task ahead but it is not a
mission impossible. Other nations are experiencing
almost similar challenges and they are forging ahead.
The first indicator to exhibit our seriousness is when we
stop the business as usual syndrome and tighten the
belts of government officials and politicians. If the idea is
to continue along the path of profligacy then Nigeria is
contagiously jinxed. The Republic of Tanzania has
already taken the lead. I will publish a report that has
already gone viral below this letter as a veritable
example of what is possible.
I wish you well as always Sir.

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Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by Teewhy2: 9:23pm On Nov 28, 2015
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Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by BlackTechnology: 9:25pm On Nov 28, 2015
grin

That's what you get when you allow ethno religious sentiment guide your choice


Enjoy your Changeeeeeee
Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by adonbilivit: 9:25pm On Nov 28, 2015
if i slap that first to comment guy eh...we are talking about the agonies Nigerians are going thru and you asking for votes? are u PDP or APC ?
Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by SeverusSnape(m): 9:30pm On Nov 28, 2015
Lamenting lamenters grin

Dele Momodu is just a sycophant. This is something a learned person like him should have known before now.
Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by Dmano: 9:45pm On Nov 28, 2015
Hope we are not having organise wailing waillers
Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by Okimski(m): 9:50pm On Nov 28, 2015
Please let him know, though he cannot do anything better, nobody can take the one chance from him.

We already know that he is better as a presidential candidate than being the president
Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by SHOPPERS(m): 10:11pm On Nov 28, 2015
Bros D. You have started Wailing too. Albeit stylishly.
Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by knuckbuck(m): 10:29pm On Nov 28, 2015
All I can say is "ntooooo".

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Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by shegzy4luv(m): 10:48pm On Nov 28, 2015
End time Lamentation undecidedEnd time Lamentation

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Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by mikolo80: 11:06pm On Nov 28, 2015
BlackTechnology:
grin

That's what you get when you allow ethno religious sentiment guide your choice


Enjoy your Changeeeeeee
is dele a Muslim or Hausa man
eyou Sabi wetin ethnoreligious mean so
Abi you Just hear am today

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Re: Dele Momodu Writes Buhari, Says Nigerians Are Lamenting by mikolo80: 11:08pm On Nov 28, 2015
Teewhy2:
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