Restructuring: Buhari Is Disconnected From Nigerians — Ozekhome SAN

Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has said that President Muhammadu
Buhari is too distant and disconnected from Nigerians.

According to him, it is absurd that Buhari erroneously believes
that the problem of Nigeria is how to make local governments
functional and the Judiciary independent, instead of people’s
yearnings on restructuring.

The constitutional lawyer, in a statement on Sunday, stated: “He
is distant too and disconnected from his people. He does not care;
does not listen to their cries, woes, pains, pangs, tears, sorrow,
and blood. He cares not about their genuine yearnings and
desires.”

“Buhari erroneously believes, he knows what the 211 million
Nigerian populace wants. He is making a grave mistake. No ruler in
history has ever perpetually dictated to or held down his people
with the sheer jackboot. Mussolini woefully failed, just like
Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Stalin, and Lenin. Ask the bones
of Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pinochet, Genghis Khan, Pol Pot, and
Kim Jong. They will tell Buhari how and why they failed miserably
to dictate to their citizens forever.”

Ozekhome was reacting to a comment made through the Executive
Secretary, Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, Mohammed
Shehu, in Zaria, at the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation
on Saturday.

Ozekhome said he was not surprised by the president’s comments,
which he described as erroneous. “I was not (shocked) because as a
close monitor and commentator on national and international
affairs, I didn’t expect anything more from him. My thesis is
simple, not rocket science: a leopard cannot change its spots.
Buhari said he did not understand what the restructure proponents
want, or what is to be restructured.

“Buhari erroneously believes that the problem of Nigeria is how
to make Local Governments functional and the Judiciary independent.
As important as these are, President Buhari has merely seen the
smaller picture, rather than the larger picture, as President of a
hemorrhaging country yearning for urgent rescue. So, for those
Nigerians who had heaved a little sigh of relief last week on the
little tokenism conceded by Buhari , I sympathize with you.”

Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has said that President Muhammadu
Buhari is too distant and disconnected from Nigerians.

According to him, it is absurd that Buhari erroneously believes
that the problem of Nigeria is how to make local governments
functional and the Judiciary independent, instead of people’s
yearnings on restructuring.

The constitutional lawyer, in a statement on Sunday, stated: “He
is distant too and disconnected from his people. He does not care;
does not listen to their cries, woes, pains, pangs, tears, sorrow,
and blood. He cares not about their genuine yearnings and
desires.”

“Buhari erroneously believes, he knows what the 211 million
Nigerian populace wants. He is making a grave mistake. No ruler in
history has ever perpetually dictated to or held down his people
with the sheer jackboot. Mussolini woefully failed, just like
Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Stalin, and Lenin. Ask the bones
of Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pinochet, Genghis Khan, Pol Pot, and
Kim Jong. They will tell Buhari how and why they failed miserably
to dictate to their citizens forever.”

Ozekhome was reacting to a comment made through the Executive
Secretary, Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, Mohammed
Shehu, in Zaria, at the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation
on Saturday.

Ozekhome said he was not surprised by the president’s comments,
which he described as erroneous. “I was not (shocked) because as a
close monitor and commentator on national and international
affairs, I didn’t expect anything more from him. My thesis is
simple, not rocket science: a leopard cannot change its spots.
Buhari said he did not understand what the restructure proponents
want, or what is to be restructured.

“Buhari erroneously believes that the problem of Nigeria is how
to make Local Governments functional and the Judiciary independent.
As important as these are, President Buhari has merely seen the
smaller picture, rather than the larger picture, as President of a
hemorrhaging country yearning for urgent rescue. So, for those
Nigerians who had heaved a little sigh of relief last week on the
little tokenism conceded by Buhari , I sympathize with you.”