Junaid: Buhari couldn’t read two pages of book in a year

Junaid Mohammed, a second republic lawmaker, says
President Muhammadu Buhari has a dangerous attitude of not
reading.

The former lawmaker, who is Buhari’s ally, said the president
was unable to finish two pages of a book he recommended to him in
2015.

He said he recommended the book to the president because it had
to do with economic matters.

But that the president took the book, wrote GMB (short for
General Muhammadu Buhari) “and that was all”.

“I suggested the idea of a think tank to Buhari and he agreed
and he put together a think tank with quite a number of formidable
brains and started meeting in 2015 until I stopped coming,” he said
in an interview with
Vanguard.

“I suggested a number of books for all of us to read and those
books were procured.

“One of the books I recommended to Buhari personally, because it
has to do with economic matters especially in dealing with the
World Bank and the IMF group, was a book written by a Nobel prize
laureate in economics, Joseph Stiglitz.

“Buhari took the book and opened it, just wrote GMB on it and
that was all. Over a year later when I came I found that Buhari had
not read two pages out of that book.”

Mohammed described this as a “very dangerous leadership
position”.

He said unlike Buhari, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and
Ibrahim Babangida read and listen, and also “go out of their way to
get people to come and advise them”.

“Both of them read. I am scared of a leader who does not read
and who does not look for experts and I don’t believe any leader no
matter how distinguished, who claims and believes that only his own
people have all the knowledge in every subject matter in the world;
this is a very dangerous attribute Buhari has,” he said.

‘THE CURRENT ANTI-GRAFT WAR IS A FRAUD’

The former lawmaker alleged that the current administration is
not sincere about its fight against corruption.

According to him, “the so-called anti-graft war is a fraud meant
to persecute only those in opposition who stole money.”

He said the war is being carried out in a way “to protect and
defend some others to loot the treasury and go free.”

“You can see that while the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission is pursuing those in the opposition who looted the
treasury before the 2015 election, some top officials in the
present government who have stolen money are either not arrested
and detained or at best investigated,” he said.

Junaid Mohammed, a second republic lawmaker, says
President Muhammadu Buhari has a dangerous attitude of not
reading.

The former lawmaker, who is Buhari’s ally, said the president
was unable to finish two pages of a book he recommended to him in
2015.

He said he recommended the book to the president because it had
to do with economic matters.

But that the president took the book, wrote GMB (short for
General Muhammadu Buhari) “and that was all”.

“I suggested the idea of a think tank to Buhari and he agreed
and he put together a think tank with quite a number of formidable
brains and started meeting in 2015 until I stopped coming,” he said
in an interview with
Vanguard.

“I suggested a number of books for all of us to read and those
books were procured.

“One of the books I recommended to Buhari personally, because it
has to do with economic matters especially in dealing with the
World Bank and the IMF group, was a book written by a Nobel prize
laureate in economics, Joseph Stiglitz.

“Buhari took the book and opened it, just wrote GMB on it and
that was all. Over a year later when I came I found that Buhari had
not read two pages out of that book.”

Mohammed described this as a “very dangerous leadership
position”.

He said unlike Buhari, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and
Ibrahim Babangida read and listen, and also “go out of their way to
get people to come and advise them”.

“Both of them read. I am scared of a leader who does not read
and who does not look for experts and I don’t believe any leader no
matter how distinguished, who claims and believes that only his own
people have all the knowledge in every subject matter in the world;
this is a very dangerous attribute Buhari has,” he said.

‘THE CURRENT ANTI-GRAFT WAR IS A FRAUD’

The former lawmaker alleged that the current administration is
not sincere about its fight against corruption.

According to him, “the so-called anti-graft war is a fraud meant
to persecute only those in opposition who stole money.”

He said the war is being carried out in a way “to protect and
defend some others to loot the treasury and go free.”

“You can see that while the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission is pursuing those in the opposition who looted the
treasury before the 2015 election, some top officials in the
present government who have stolen money are either not arrested
and detained or at best investigated,” he said.