Buhari has nothing to offer Nigerians, says Adebanjo

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, received knocks from elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo.
Speaking at the launch of a two-volume autobiography written by a former minister, Professor Tunde Adeniran, as part of activities marking his 70 birthday, the octogenarian politician described the Buhari administration as one with no identifiable blueprint to improve the lot of the citizenry.
Adebanjo described as unfortunate a situation in which Buhari, who started campaigning for the presidency since 2003, seems lost in the presidency, almost five months in office.
At the event were former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani; Professor Alkali Ahmed; Chief Segun Oni; Senator Femi Okurounmu; Mr Tunde Ayeni; Mr. Jimi Agbaje; Major General David Jemibewon (rtd); Brigadier-General Oladayo Popoola (rtd); Professor Eghosa Osaghae; Brigadier-General Raji Rasaki (rtd); Dr Umar Mustapha; Dr Yemi Farounbi and others.
He said: “Even now that the ministers have been appointed, where is the blueprint that they are going to work with? They are just talking about change, change and anti-corruption. After wiping out corruption, will there be food on the table of Nigerians?
“They are clueless. They have no programme. The only thing they were determined to do was to chase Jonathan away. I have said it and will continue to say it. I don’t want Buhari to fail. I only want him to prove people like me who spoke against his ambition wrong. He should prove that he is not a dictator and a tribalist. How could he appoint 31 people and only seven came from the South? He is not ruling Daura or the North. He is ruling Nigeria and must carry everybody along.
“As a person, Buhari has integrity. But the integrity must be used in a way that will carry every Nigerian along without discrimination. Who is strange among the nominated ministers? However good some of them are and there are really good people among them, but should it have taken us four months to do? Are they not the people Buhari had been campaigning with? And when they had been campaigning for many years to be in power, has he not got an idea of what he is going to do? He ought to have an idea and a policy.
“It is unfortunate for this country. People like Tunde Adeniran are in APC, PDP and other parties. But where they are, they have been overwhelmed by bread-and-butter politicians who really don’t know what service is all about. This was not the attitude of politicians at pre-independence era.
“When we see people like Adeniran, to me, they are anxious to be in power and that was why they joined them. I have told people like him that where he is, he has not got people of his ilk because when they got there, they were frustrated. It is not what he wants that is happening in the PDP.
“People like me are too conservative and that was why we were in the opposition in Awo’s party throughout because we were always asking what they were going to do for the people each time they asked us to join them,” he added.