The statement on Vanguard Nigeria newspaper credited to Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed who heaped the blame of fuel scarcity in Nigeria on ex-President Goodluck Jonathan during a statehouse briefing yesterday, is not only shameful but unacceptable.
It would be
recalled that the mouth piece of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Mr. Lai Mohammed did promise Nigerians in the
first week of December 2015 that fuel scarcity will be over in days. To many
Nigerians, it meant that the Federal Government was already nipping the problem
of scarcity in the bud. The euphoria given birth to by the promise was a
welcome relief as Nigerians looked ahead to seeing the problem fuel scarcity
abated. To now turn around after a couple of weeks with blame games on the
past administration because of the worsening situation of the scarcity is a
huge sign of irresponsibility on the part of government and it shows not only unseriousness
but a perceived cluelessness in dealing with the myriad of crisis bedeviling the Nigerian state today.
The Buhari led administration and Minister Lai Mohamed need
to be reminded that the Jonathanadministration was voted out for Nigeria to
have a better economy, a more secured state, an accountable and responsible
government as well as a more politically healthy Nigeria. But if in seven
months after the inauguration of the present administration, Nigerians cannot
heave a sigh of relief on certain basic fundamental necessities necessary for driving
growth and economic stability; then questions need to be asked very seriously.
It must equally be stated that Nigerians are tired of the
blames games on the past administration. Nigerians want to see some real effort
that the Buhari administration is making to tackle domestic issues. The only thing Nigerians appear to be seeing much of is the loud noise about those who
have stolen from the nation and the court cases without conviction as well as
what is now increasingly turning out to be some meaningless travels by the
President that is not advancing the economic course of the Nigerian people.
Conclusively, the Buhari administration should sit up and be
focused in taking Nigeria more seriously. The minister of Information should be
credited to making serious and honest statements to Nigerians. Nigerians are no longer interested in who or
what caused the problem. The interest is
on how and when the problem will be solved. That is why the government was
elected.
