Pitfalls Tinubu must avoid to engender good governance
As President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepares to assume power on May 29, he is expected to deploy exceptional ingenuity and political skill to strengthen governance and rebuild trust between the government and all Nigerians . To achieve this, there are clearly landmines he must be careful not to step on, or his administration will "blow up" early on. He is also expected to avoid some obvious pitfalls, which political observers see as key shortcomings that make Buhari "inglorious" in the twilight of his presidency. Tinubu may also need to remember the advice given to him by former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he (Tinubu) took office as Governor of Lagos in 1999. Then the late Alhaji Jakande advised the president-elect to stop complaining about the shortcomings of his immediate predecessor, General Buba Marwa (rtd), but instead devise methods that would make Lagos work. As soon as he takes the reins, Tinubu will discover more than enough rot that could possibly trigger bitter complaints. He must realize that Nigerians are not ready for such complaints, rather they want to see action.
The accumulation of cabals around TinubuIN 2015, when President Buhari took power, the first major observation that sparked public reactions was the emergence of what Nigerians later described as "the cabals of Abuja", and their first target was the supposed capture of Buhari's soul. and think. The cabals would have hijacked the instrumentality of government. It is no longer news that the president-elect, who is said to have sacrificed more than enough political and financial resources to allow the incumbent to qualify for the presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which are held at Onikan Stadium in Lagos and the 2015 presidential election became one of the cabals' first big casualties. Tinubu was not only sidelined from the government, the cabals also ensured that a wedge was built between the president and the president-elect as far as the incumbent did not step on the bank of Lagos State, where the first APC merger meeting the arrangement was perfected, until 2018 when it was apparent that Buhari would need Tinubu and his team to secure a second term in 2019. Among those identified as members of the cabal included: the president's nephew, Mamman Daura; the father of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (Musa Bello) Muhammed Bello; the president's chief of staff, the late Abba Kyari; Samaila Isa Funtua and a few others who joined later. The activities of the imaginary cabals were later confirmed by the President's wife, Aisha, who said those who helped her husband to power had been removed. His outburst was later corroborated by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the president-elect, who complained about the mistreatment of her husband. Some of the critical mistakes made by the outgoing administration have been mostly blamed on the agenda of the cabals, accused of deliberately manipulating President Buhari's thinking and actions to the detriment of the nation. The activities of politicians surrounding the president-elect, particularly since Tinubu's return from overseas last week, suggests that a new set of cabals may be surfacing with the aim of carrying out more underhanded activities than the outgoing cabals over the past week. for the past seven years and 11 months. The president-elect is expected to guard against this and not fall into the same ditch that the incumbent president found himself in.
Parade a cabinet of ethnic and religious color ANOTHER pitfall the president-elect must guard against is the possibility of running a government tainted by ethnic and religious sentiments. At one point under the outgoing administration, former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused Buhari of "fulanizing" the whole country. Although the government has denied the allegation, there are indications pointing to insinuation in the areas of lopsided appointments and the gloves with which the government treats the insecurity manifested by insurgency, killings, banditry and kidnappings that ravaged the country.
Tinubu must also realize that he is now the president of Nigeria and not the Yoruba or northern president who gave him the majority of votes. He must deliberately train the Southeast region. There is a need for him to deliberately engage with key stakeholders in Ibo country in an effort to address the issue of insecurity in the region, to attract a federal presence there as well. Already, the Southeast recently pointed out a flaw in the Tinubu transition committee.
An APC leader in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, reacted to the exclusion of the Igbos from the president-elect's transition committee. The former Lago spokesperson...
As President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepares to assume power on May 29, he is expected to deploy exceptional ingenuity and political skill to strengthen governance and rebuild trust between the government and all Nigerians . To achieve this, there are clearly landmines he must be careful not to step on, or his administration will "blow up" early on. He is also expected to avoid some obvious pitfalls, which political observers see as key shortcomings that make Buhari "inglorious" in the twilight of his presidency. Tinubu may also need to remember the advice given to him by former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he (Tinubu) took office as Governor of Lagos in 1999. Then the late Alhaji Jakande advised the president-elect to stop complaining about the shortcomings of his immediate predecessor, General Buba Marwa (rtd), but instead devise methods that would make Lagos work. As soon as he takes the reins, Tinubu will discover more than enough rot that could possibly trigger bitter complaints. He must realize that Nigerians are not ready for such complaints, rather they want to see action.
The accumulation of cabals around TinubuIN 2015, when President Buhari took power, the first major observation that sparked public reactions was the emergence of what Nigerians later described as "the cabals of Abuja", and their first target was the supposed capture of Buhari's soul. and think. The cabals would have hijacked the instrumentality of government. It is no longer news that the president-elect, who is said to have sacrificed more than enough political and financial resources to allow the incumbent to qualify for the presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which are held at Onikan Stadium in Lagos and the 2015 presidential election became one of the cabals' first big casualties. Tinubu was not only sidelined from the government, the cabals also ensured that a wedge was built between the president and the president-elect as far as the incumbent did not step on the bank of Lagos State, where the first APC merger meeting the arrangement was perfected, until 2018 when it was apparent that Buhari would need Tinubu and his team to secure a second term in 2019. Among those identified as members of the cabal included: the president's nephew, Mamman Daura; the father of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (Musa Bello) Muhammed Bello; the president's chief of staff, the late Abba Kyari; Samaila Isa Funtua and a few others who joined later. The activities of the imaginary cabals were later confirmed by the President's wife, Aisha, who said those who helped her husband to power had been removed. His outburst was later corroborated by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the president-elect, who complained about the mistreatment of her husband. Some of the critical mistakes made by the outgoing administration have been mostly blamed on the agenda of the cabals, accused of deliberately manipulating President Buhari's thinking and actions to the detriment of the nation. The activities of politicians surrounding the president-elect, particularly since Tinubu's return from overseas last week, suggests that a new set of cabals may be surfacing with the aim of carrying out more underhanded activities than the outgoing cabals over the past week. for the past seven years and 11 months. The president-elect is expected to guard against this and not fall into the same ditch that the incumbent president found himself in.
Parade a cabinet of ethnic and religious color ANOTHER pitfall the president-elect must guard against is the possibility of running a government tainted by ethnic and religious sentiments. At one point under the outgoing administration, former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused Buhari of "fulanizing" the whole country. Although the government has denied the allegation, there are indications pointing to insinuation in the areas of lopsided appointments and the gloves with which the government treats the insecurity manifested by insurgency, killings, banditry and kidnappings that ravaged the country.
Tinubu must also realize that he is now the president of Nigeria and not the Yoruba or northern president who gave him the majority of votes. He must deliberately train the Southeast region. There is a need for him to deliberately engage with key stakeholders in Ibo country in an effort to address the issue of insecurity in the region, to attract a federal presence there as well. Already, the Southeast recently pointed out a flaw in the Tinubu transition committee.
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