Do not make the same mistakes as Jonathan- Emir of Kano advises Buhari
Thu Aug 25, 2016 07:32:am National
2.7K By Buchi Obichie
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday advised the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, to learn from the mistakes of the preceding administration which was led by Goodluck Jonathan, if past wrongs are to be corrected.
The Emir, while delivering a paper at the 5th meeting of the Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning, titled "Nigeria In Search Of New Growth model", warned the present administration against continuing to blame previous administrations for the nation's woes.
According to the former CBN Governor, what is important is for the Buhari-administration to concentrate on putting the nation back on the path of progress.
"And just so we are not always blaming the previous administration. We have also made mistakes in this administration. We have started retracing our steps or we have to retrace those steps.
"And if we fall into the same holes that we fell into the last time where the Government is always right... If a policy is wrong, it is wrong. Nothing will make it right and it has to be changed.
"If this Government continues to behave the way the last Government behaved, we will end up where Jonathan ended. You may not like it but that is the truth. You have to listen.
"You don't have to be an economist to know that any system that allows you to sit in your garden, and with a telephone call, make one billion naira without investing a kobo, that system is wrong. It is unsustainable", he maintained.
He further urged President Buhari not to make the same mistake made by past administrations which failed to diversify the nation's economy during the oil boom.
According to the Emir, there are many "voodoo economists" parading around the administration and advising the Government; he added that "many of them are not economists but demagogues."
The Emir, while delivering a paper at the 5th meeting of the Joint Planning Board and National Council on Development Planning, titled "Nigeria In Search Of New Growth model", warned the present administration against continuing to blame previous administrations for the nation's woes.
According to the former CBN Governor, what is important is for the Buhari-administration to concentrate on putting the nation back on the path of progress.
"And just so we are not always blaming the previous administration. We have also made mistakes in this administration. We have started retracing our steps or we have to retrace those steps.
"And if we fall into the same holes that we fell into the last time where the Government is always right... If a policy is wrong, it is wrong. Nothing will make it right and it has to be changed.
"If this Government continues to behave the way the last Government behaved, we will end up where Jonathan ended. You may not like it but that is the truth. You have to listen.
"You don't have to be an economist to know that any system that allows you to sit in your garden, and with a telephone call, make one billion naira without investing a kobo, that system is wrong. It is unsustainable", he maintained.
He further urged President Buhari not to make the same mistake made by past administrations which failed to diversify the nation's economy during the oil boom.
According to the Emir, there are many "voodoo economists" parading around the administration and advising the Government; he added that "many of them are not economists but demagogues."
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