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A renowned and respected Northern Leader, and first civilian Governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Alhaji Balarebe Musa, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, for his approach in addressing the ethnic agitations in the country.
The former Governor, in an interview with PUNCH, on Thursday, blamed Buhari’s military background for the escalation of crisis in the different geopolitical zones of the country.
Musa, a vocal critic of the Buhari administration, said the current administration had not shown any seriousness in using dialogue to resolve agitations in the country.
He said Buhari should show that he is now a converted democrat, as he earlier claimed in the course of the 2015 general elections, by using dialogue to settle the crisis rocking the country.
The former Governor, who described Buhari’s first year in office as a waste, said he doubted whether the President would make the most of the remaining three years of his tenure.
“Buhari has not demonstrated that he is serious about using dialogue to resolve the various ethnic tension. This government does not care about dialogue. The President’s military background and approach are affecting his performance”.
This is coming, following heightened criticisms of the Buhari administration by Senior Northern elders, over the current harsh economic hardship.
Earlier, two Northern groups, the youth wing of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and a political pressure group of women in Sokoto State, under the aegis of the Association of Sokoto State Women in Politics, SSAWP, had expressed concern over the continued incarceration of the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), by the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in violation of numerous court orders.
While comparing Buhari’s administration with that of his predecessors, in areas of dialogue, the former Governor said the present administration has failed.
“Former President Musa Yar’Adua, understood the importance of dialogue, which enabled him to put a halt to militancy in the Niger Delta. But what do we have now? Tension and agitation in different parts of the country.
“Diaogue is the only way to resolve the Biafra agitation in the South-East, the Niger Delta Avengers and the Boko Haram violence. The APC does not deserve a second term. The PDP is not also a better option. We need another credible alternative”.
He added, “Buhari created enemies for his government, when he excluded the South-East from his kitchen cabinet. The kitchen cabinet is the closest to the President. The cabinet is even more superior to the main cabinet, which comprises the ministers. The exclusion of the South-East from his cabinet gave rise to the agitation for Biafra.
“The solution is the return to a state-economy, rather than a privatised economy, which is not helping the country. There is unemployment, poor power supply, tension across the geopolitical zones and poverty.
“The country needs a better alternative that would restore peace, ensure the rule of law and revive the economy. The APC and the PDP lack the capacity to achieve this”.
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