The Nigerians have won the Dutch government to fight against corruption and the economy, noting that it has failed to meet the expectations of the people. Speaking at the Buharimeter Citizens' City Assembly meeting organized by the Center for Development and Democracy on Friday in Abuja, various speakers said the government did not do enough to satisfy the Nigerians craving. They cited the state's inability to pay salaries, insecurity and impartiality of the administration to obey court orders. CDD director Idayat Hassan said President Muhammad Bukhari spent 881 days in power, yet issues related to corruption and insecurity are still widespread in the country, adding that his administration is still insufficient to secure the nation. She said Buharimeter should assess the management of the country. Hassan added: "This administration has been proud of the fight against corruption, but still lacks a viable instrument in the fight.
“Importantly in the last two weeks, the NNPC scandal and issue revolving around Abdulrasheed Maina’s secret reinstatement is another blow to the anti-graft war.”
The Country Director, head, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Nigeria, Jude Ilo said that the lofty expectations and excitement that met the government’s inauguration had given way to anger and hopelessness.
He stated that after years of bad governance, unprecedented corruption and economic challenges, Nigerians had hoped for a remarkable departure from the past practices of impunity and graft, but this he noted was not the case.
Ilo said, “We are witnessing a very troubling period in Nigeria; No time since after the civil war have we seen the kind of tension and bitterness across divides in Nigeria.
“The stuttering economy is troubling. Inability of governments to pay salaries especially at the state level speaks to a dangerous condition that is now seeing public officers take their lives in worrying circumstances.”
The OSIWA official noted the high unemployment rate and the general feeling of frustration, the spreading violence from Borno to Plateau and Kaduna, adding that Nigerians are worried about their safety and security.
“The sense that there is lack of commitment to the anti-graft campaign that heralded the coming into power of this government is fast destroying its credentials of credibility and the discordant tunes from government especially the drama that has surrounded the nomination and Senate confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the EFFC suggests incoherence and absence of coordination in government,” he stated.
An economist, Tope Fasua, said despite coming out of recession, the interest rate is still high in the country.
He noted that the 2018 proposed budget was not enough for over 180 million people living in the country citing comparison with Angola, Egypt and South Africa.
Patricia Achakpa, another panellist, said over N872 billion had been invested in the North-east to tackle insurgency without anything to show for it.
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