According to the Sun, Ogbemudia explained that country residents needed to be patient and give the acting president time to choose the right people to ensure fulfillment of the All Progressives Congress election campaign promises, The Sun reports. He made
his position known during an event held in Edo state.
Regarding the widely-discussed issue of Buhari’s first 100 days in office, he noted it was unnecessary to make conclusions at such an early stage.
“When they knew that the man said he met everything in bad shape and in such situation you need to clean up the system so as to start on a good note.
“Nigerians asked him (Buhari) to appoint people, who can work with him and he can only appoint people he knows. If he fails by appointing a United Nation they will say it was his fault, they ought to have known. But he is now picking people he has tremendous trust in their ability. So, those criticizing him should let him do his work. If at the end of four years he did not perform, then Nigerians have another opportunity to either say carry on or stop.
“All these criticisms, I do not buy them. And the people who are criticising him probably they have never held any government position, they don’t know what is happening there, that all that glitters is not gold.”
Ogbemudia continued with dwelling into the “100 days promises” saga:
“First and foremost, Buhari was elected for four years and in the programme of events which led to the elections, at no time was hundred days mentioned. That they are being done in the past was perhaps a persuasive authority but that does not mean that everybody should keep to it. A programme well thought out to bring Nigeria back to the line of development, the line of security and so on, planning alone takes more than a hundred days.
“So I expect that when eventually he finished the home work he will come out with something big. When he was elected, Nigerians have very high expectation of his performance and in order not to disappoint Nigerians, he wants to take time to plan his programme so that when eventually he pushes it out they will welcome it.
“So they can excuse him because the Buhari they knew earlier on is no longer the same Buhari because this is a democracy. He has the National Assembly and the judicial arm now. His powers then is being shared with these two arms now. He cannot join the bandwagon, as a matter of fact that is why he wants to change the evil ways things are done before so that Nigeria will be better.”
It is worth noting that Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo finally made public the content of their assets declaration. The move, however, generated another controversy, with Nigerians having taken to social media to comment on the provided figures. Some just thanked the presidency for keeping the promise, the others accused Buhari of having given fake information.
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