These are 7 things to note from his interview.





1. Buhari may mean well but he has failed Nigerians

“It is the responsibility of government everywhere in the world to provide the enabling environment for the citizens to eke a living.”

“In the case of my country Nigeria, it appears the reverse is the case. The poor masses are left to roam about without proper guidance; and so majority continue to wallop in penury in the midst of plenty. So much have been said and written about the 16 years misrule of the People’s Democratic Party.”

“Many more policy analysts will readily tell you that the problem with Nigeria originated right from independence in 1960. Be that as it may, the swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari last year was perceived as a milestone in the people’s quest for positive change and improvement in their quality of life. But a year later, the people are still grumbling. Indeed, the hardship has doubled. Thousands of workers are being laid off every day; the value of the naira is falling while states are owing workers months of unpaid salaries.”

“Buhari may mean well for the country, but so far, his actions and utterances have failed to help put food on the table of the average Nigerian. So, my advice to Mr. President and his associates is this: do not take the goodwill that you enjoy from Nigerians for granted. Do all that is necessary to revamp the economy before things get out of hand.”



2. Use of force against Niger Delta Avengers is not the best solution

“For the years that the late Musa Yar’Adua and his successor, Goodluck Jonathan, held sway, we saw drastic reduction in the activities of militants in the Niger Delta. Unfortunately, the militants are now back to the trenches under different pseudonyms. Their recent attacks on oil facilities in the region are daily crippling the country’s capacity to produce oil. The oil and gas pipelines bombed in Warri West Local Government Area have also worsened electricity generation plan of government. How long would this continue?”

“One thing is certain. Ours is a mono-economy that relies solely on oil for our foreign exchange earnings. With the sorry state of our economy, we cannot at this crucial time afford the stalling of oil production in the Niger Delta. That would further put the country’s finances in a precarious situation. I am aware that the Niger Delta Avengers have reeled out a number of conditions to be met before they can agree on a ceasefire. I am equally aware that President Buhari has vowed to deal decisively with the militants.

“Only few days ago, the dailies reported that the military invaded Gbaramatu Kingdom believed to be the hometown of a wanted ex-militant, Tompolo. While condemning the disruption of our oil facilities under any guise, I equally want to stress that the use of military force is not the best solution.”

“It would only aggravate the situation. I therefore want to plead with President Buhari to consider dialogue as a major option to end the crisis. Considering the high casualty rate and huge losses so far expended in our on-going fight against Boko Haram, it would not be out of place to settle the Niger-Delta issue without wasting human lives. Equally, I want to plead with the aggrieved militants to please sheathe their swords and allow for mediation.”



3. Designating grazing areas in the North is a good solution to the herdsmen menace

“I am glad at the outcome of the recent courtesy visit of the Catholic Bishops to the President during which he gave an express order to the law enforcement agents to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly acts and bring them to book. Such a move, if well executed, will go a long way to restore the people’s confidence in government.”

“Meanwhile, a lasting solution must be found to placate the herdsmen and restrain them from invading farmlands. I gathered that the National Assembly is seriously considering creating designated areas for them in the North for grazing purposes. This, I believe, is a right step in the right direction.”



4. Buhari should release Nnamdi Kanu

“Many of us who witnessed the pogrom that is the Nigerian civil war between 1967 and 1970 are yet to come to terms with the devastating effect that war could have in a society like ours. That is why it is imperative that we do not have a repeat of a civil war. God forbid. Mr President should therefore do the needful by releasing Mr. Nnamdi Kanu as a sign that he is ready to dialogue with his pro-Biafra group.”

“He must remember that it is the right of any group to peacefully seek for secession if they feel marginalized in their present abode. The use of force is never the right approach to quell such agitation. As the father of all, let him do the needful by addressing the issues that led to the agitation in the first place.”

“He also said he has no problem with Catholic priests joining the agitation for a Republic of Biafra.”

“Why should I not be happy? They are free. The problem with our government is that they fear unnecessarily. What has that boy (Kanu) done? Why can’t they sit back and think of how they can resolve the issue amicably and without involving soldiers here and there. Government should live up to their responsibilities to the masses. This present administration should revisit their inaugural speech and start afresh because they have not done anything at all.”



5. If Father Mbaka is scared of death then his priesthood is in question

“As a priest I was shocked when I heard that from his mouth. Nobody will take your life if God did not sanction it. That he was wanted dead, who told him that? Were assassins sent after him or he was only imagining it or he saw it in a vision as he always says he always sees visions?”

“These are highly contestable and as a priest what will he say about death? Why must he fear about death? And that he was not happy about the transfer, why is he a priest? A priest should be ready to go anywhere. I was in the war front two years after my ordination as a priest. If he was not happy about his transfer, then there is something wrong about his priesthood. His priesthood should come to question.”



6. Buhari is failing because his ministers are not qualified

“As I said earlier, the real problem with the Buhari administration is that this one will bring his candidate notwithstanding if such person can perform or not, and another will bring his. He should change three quarters of the ministers. They did not know where they are going, that is the problem.”

“Lai Muhammed challenged me on a write up that I wrote tagged ‘Enough is enough’. He came to my house one Sunday night with Chief Jim Nwobodo and said I should have asked for audience with the Head of State and he would have granted me such instead of writing such article.”

“I asked him to tell me what was wrong with the article that I wrote and that if not for Alhaji Bola Tinubu, he will not be where he is now. He replied that he has been together with Tinubu right from his youthful days.”



7. I told Tinubu that Buhari would fail

“I know how Buhari came in. I warned Tinubu seriously when they were debating about Muslim, Muslim ticket. I told him, ‘Bola, I do not care if you produce two devils or Muslims provided the two Muslims are patriotic and fear God’.”

“He said his main concern which was giving him sleepless night was to drive the PDP away and that he had got the solution. Tinubu asked me if I knew Buhari and I replied that was he not that man that did examination three times and failed? I said ‘Bola, he will fail again’ but he replied that he will not fail because he had gone round and that politics is a game of numbers.”

“He said if Buhari was dying tomorrow and he went to the North to present him as candidate, he was sure to get over two million votes. He was even boasting that Buhari had changed or that they will change him.”
http://ynaija.com/cardinal-okogie-tinubu-buhari/

Hmm...na by force to post? which kain "copy & paste" be this abeg?

And has he failed

That is a man of God speaking. God bless you my Cardinal.
Back to the topic.
Nigerians are loosing their lives out of hardship and gross insecurity.
Job losses is no longer news.
No new jobs except the masquerade dressing jobs that Lai Mohammed's children have started.
Where is the change?
A bag of rice has gone from N8,000 to N18,000
A loaf of bread has gone from N200 to N350.
Dollar has gone from N199 to N350
God, we need your help.

people use crayfish instead of fish people use tin tomato instead of fresh tomato people use candle light light instead of electric light light people cook local rice instead forign rice which way buhari!?

people use crayfish instead of fish people use tin tomato instead of fresh tomato people use candle light light instead of electric light light people cook local rice instead forign rice which way buhari!?

Annoying article. What this one saying now. Shey GEJ that has PHD help grow Nigeria? Abi under Allison and Ngozi did Nigeria become Canada? Pls Op. This man is seeking relevancy and has no point.

Although some blame *may lie with PMB, one cannot say he has failed outrightly after just a year and some months.

All this blame trading wont grow the economy. Its either we protest and occupy till a change of leadership or we roll up our sleeves and work.

LessNoise:
And has he failed

Since you asked, the answer is yes, and greater is his failure this fourth time. The worst failure is to succeed in what would eventually fail. Buhari's failure is almost irredeemable. He has failed in so many ways that it's almost impossible for him to "right all the wrongs" he created in less than 3 years he has left.

Prince081:
That is a man of God speaking. God bless you my Cardinal.
Back to the topic.
Nigerians are loosing their lives out of hardship and gross insecurity.
Job losses is no longer news.
No new jobs except the masquerade dressing jobs that Lai Mohammed's children have started.
Where is the change?
A bag of rice has gone from N8,000 to N18,000
A loaf of bread has gone from N200 to N350.
Dollar has gone from N199 to N350
God, we need your help.

Buhari doesnt control the market price, neither does he control the oil price our country sorely depends upon.

The fault is not that of PMB., but ours especially when we
1. Keep mute when our leaders expend our oil dollars on frivoluos trips, globe trotting, and purchase of foreign properties.
2. Keep improrting foreign goods, especially with our prefrence for u.s, uk, dubai goods.

We need to understand this our economy. Economics students will understand what am saying.

PMB is powerless, unless he can magically raise the price of oil/barrel and reduce our dependence on imported goods, we must accept this as a price of change.


Come to think of it, if GEJ was president, with the dollar price presently, i bet we would be in worse conditions

Smartanthony:
people use crayfish instead of fish
people use tin tomato instead of fresh tomato
people use candle light light instead of electric light light
people cook local rice instead forign rice
which way buhari!?

This is a pure example, why would u want to cook foreigb rice when we have local rice?

Sai BaBa must continue, he can't be tired after all these years of POLITICAL TURMOIL and IMBROGLIO.

He has always wanted POWER, here it is.
He must not DIE., he shall live to FIX this Nation.
I still remember CORP MEMBERS Who died all in the bid of ensuring an electoral process.

Sai BaBa do come back, power dey wait oooo
We need u hale and hearty /Safe and sound.
Shehu Shagari should also warm up to complete his 8 years.

GOWON and IBB dey Bench oooo
8 years each of them.
We must empty our NATIONAL Recycle Bin this time around.

You and I know he has failed economically. He doesn't even care about the poor masses. The reason why Lagos is where it is today is because they elect technocrat with good pedigree. Anambra is doing same and forgetting tribal and religious lines. Until we Nigerians stand up and vote for credible people, we would be stagnant for long. Nigeria have a problem and the leaders knows the solution. They just turn blind eye to it.