The League of Nigeria Columnists have tasked President Bola Tinubu to take drastic measures to arrest the near collapse of Nigerian state and restore the citizens’ confidence in both himself and his administration.
Penpushing reports that the league made the appeal in a statement issued and signed by High Chief Tola Adeniyi (National President), Mallam Yakubu Mohammed (National Vice President) and Professor Antony Kila (National Secretary) respectively.
The trio notable columnists in the statement explained that the league is aware that almost all the nations of the world are going through various and varied degrees of economic challenges, political turmoil, destabilizing insecurity and loss of faith in their leaders, hence, need for Tinubu to rise up in addressing those challenges
‘The Time has come for the Nigerian President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take drastic measures to arrest the near collapse of Nigerian state and restore the citizens’ confidence in both himself and his administration’, the statement reads.
‘Our League is aware that almost all the nations of the world are going through various and varied degrees of economic challenges, political turmoil, destabilizing insecurity and loss of faith in their leaders’, the league added.
‘But we are also aware that the leaderships of the same nations under stress and strife are doing their utmost to combat the challenges faced, by seeking solutions and carrying their citizens along. President Tinubu must urgently jettison the policy of political patronage over people’s welfare and come to terms with reality on ground’, the columnists stated.
Penpushing further reports that the league emphasized that this is not the time to indulge in political trivialities and economic frivolities, and therefore called Tinubu to consider the following steps to stem the tide of imminent collapse of the polity:
*He should declare State of Emergency on Insecurity of Life and Property, Food Insecurity and Cost of Governance. People must be free to travel, safe in their homes and secure on their farms. He should reduce the size of his bloated Cabinet by abolishing the office of the so-called Minister of State or Junior Minister.
*It is the need to satisfy the provision of one minister per state in the Constitution that would allow him to retain 36 Ministers plus a Minister for the Capital Territory. And no Minister should have more than 4 Aides. And that should be it. He should also remove himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources.
*Constituency Allowance for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives should be scrapped immediately. Our National Assembly Members were not elected to become contractors. This should apply to state Assemblies as well.
Penpushing also reports that the body added that no effort should be spared in ensuring that the country is secure and safe from the stranglehold of terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and blood-sucking ritualists, stressing that it is doable with a strong political will.
‘The President and his advisers should know or ought to know that no policy can succeed if a leader, anywhere in the world, is not trusted or does not enjoy the confidence of the citizens. They should also know that no amount of palliatives or economic theories can save the Naira or reduce inflation if the country cannot improve on her production/productivity capacity’, the statement added.
‘If electricity, insecurity and policy summersaults continue to drive away multinationals, hamper our skilled artisans from performing optimally, and drive away farmers nationwide, the value of Naira will continue its free-fall. If our President can close his eyes and allow his conscience and his vow to the voters to guide him, there is still hope for the country to breathe again. A stich in time saves nine.
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