An ardent follower of President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Staff to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Chief Uche Nwosu, has expressed optimism that the current recession that has hit the country would soon fade away.
The frontline All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Imo State, in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, pointed out that many countries in the advanced world had gone through recessions and came out from it, urging Nigerians to be patient with Buhari.
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You have always believed that President Buhari will fix Nigeria, but today, the country is in recession; people are hungry; there is hardship everywhere, to the extent that some people are calling for his resignation. Do you think that things will be better again in this country under Buhari?
Yes, from the beginning, I strongly believe that President Buhari will fix this country. And there is nobody who saw where Nigeria was going, before Buhari came in, that did not know the country was heading for doom. Those who are calling for Buhari’s resignation are the same people that brought us to where we are today. And when we talk about recession, major countries, like US, Britain and many others have gone into recession but they came out strongly. Recession does not mean that the country has gone completely. It brings out the strong part of a country.
In Nigeria, for example, the problem we have was caused by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). If the PDP was able to manage the country very well for 16 years, we wouldn’t have this problem. Take for example, what is happening today. Billions and billions of naira were looted. Some were used for campaigns; some taken into private pockets. Are these monies not Nigeria’s money? Most of them are saying Buhari should resign. Why should Buhari resign? Is it because the man was open and told Nigerians why we are having this problem? On the issue of recession, it is a challenge we have to take and it was caused by the PDP. This recession had shown signs before Buhari took over from President Jonathan. Any country that goes into recession, the people will go back to re-strategise, but here the PDP government made Nigerians to believe that every day was for enjoyment. I had said it before; it is better for us to suffer today and enjoy tomorrow, than we will enjoy today and our great-great grand children will suffer because of the hardship we brought to this country. The recession will not last; it will not take time and the country will bounce back to its normal position.
Buhari, I believe very well, is the only man that can fix the country. Remember that Buhari ran for the presidency for the first, second, third and fourth time. If God Himself knows that Buhari would not fix the country, Buhari would have failed. God knows the reason he brought him at this time. So, I think Buhari is the messiah Nigerians need at this time to put this country back on the right track; so by the time he is done with this country, people will be clapping hands for him.
When will this tomorrow you want Nigerians to wait for be, because there are no indications that things are going to be better any time soon? What is the time frame?
Of course, things are going to be better soon. In a country, you don’t say from now till the next five years, but the projection is that sooner than later things will be better. Remember that Nigeria is a country going into a serious doom caused by the previous government. So, it will take President Buhari a little time to fix it. Now, do you hear about Boko Haram again? It has been sorted out. Do you hear about corruption in federal ministries again? We are on it. Do you hear that politicians amass money and buy property abroad? No politician wants to do that; they are all afraid. These are the areas the man is dealing with. So, we should give him time to get all the sectors of the economy right. Did you believe that today we will sit and there will be no constant bombing by Boko Haram? Did we believe that today people will be afraid of collecting bribe in ministries? That you will go to federal ministries now and you will submit your file and within 24 hours, you will have result?
So, we should give him time; let this man get the country right. The problem is that we Nigerians are always in a hurry. We need it now. We don’t even want a small pain in our body. We just want to enjoy all the time, from the beginning to the end. Even nature itself has it that there are times to laugh, times to cry, times to enjoy and times not to enjoy. What we are going through now is time not to enjoy. This time not to enjoy was brought about by the PDP; and there will be time to enjoy, which even Bible also said.
