By Mathew Onah
The Federal Government under the leadership of president Muhammed Buhari, is unnecessary heigtening tension in the country by delving to much in the past, describing the situation as not healthy for the polity.
The Anglican Bishop of Yola, Bishop Marcus Ibrahim Anfani, stated this on Monday in Yola, saying that the continuous concentration in the past was a sign of leadership failure as a good leader should always be forward looking.
He stated that the perceived attempts to clamped down on past leaders like President Obasanjo, Jonathan and others due to political differences has seriously raised alarm over the future of this country.
Buhari should desist from arrogating to himself a messianic toga. “” he is not , he also had his own faults and an unsavoury past”
He stated that Buhari is presiding over a country that has been seriously fractured over religious and ethnic cleavages, due to some misgovernance and instead of engaging in confidence building measures, he is compounding the situation by not tolerating constructive criticism, proffered by well meaning Nigerians.
” it is wrong of Buhari to think that he alone is the only Good Nigerian and therefore has Gods mandate to tailor Nigeria to his vision.”.
What Nigeria needs is a peaceful atmosphere to engender development.
“” how long can he keep the blame game going, we elected him to do the right thing for us. Let him just do it. We know the past leaders had their own faults, that why we elected him. So he should concentrate to deliver his promises, not keep on telling us, the past this , the past that””.
And appeal to the public to ensure that they pick their voters card and ensure that they participate in the forthcoming general election
Bishop Anfani condemned falling standard of livings of Nigerians . stressing that it has been gradually deteriorating since the 1970s due to poor leadership and ineptitude on the part of the leaders.
He said the recent spate of killings across the country, especially in Adamawa, Benue, Nassarawa and Kaduna as well as Zamfara, was not a good sign for the country. ” life is not worth a naira under the Buhari administration.
Anfani Said this to mark his 53rd birth day celebration,adjudging that his 30 years of priestly work God have set him to be a watch Man over the nation praying in the gap for the people.
He further Said that Buhari should focus on delivering justice to all style of leadership and fighting corruption should be all round not to a targeted few of perceived enemies.
