One of the foremost Nigerian news media, The Guardian, has joined the call on the senate to start the processes for immediate impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari for gross incompetence.
Goldennewsng reports that Guardian in its editorial on Monday said “for all it is worth, President Muhammadu Buhari’s second stint at the helm of affairs has proven to be a disaster of incalculable proportion.”
The foremost national daily argued that, “Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) promised so much in the areas of security, economy and anti-corruption in pre-2015 electioneering campaigns. Yet, it delivered so little in the last seven years of gross incompetency, nepotism and culpable negligence.”
It lamented that amidst so much funding of the security by President Buhari’s administration, insecurity was worst and the president has shown no willingness to curtail the tide.
“As a General in the Nigerian Army and a former Head of State, the choice of Buhari for a country ravaged by insecurity in the pre-2015 elections was only logical. He was expected to revamp and rally the troops as an experienced commander turned Commander-in-Chief and to end the crises forthwith.
“Rather than stem the tide, insecurity blew out of proportion dovetailing into banditry, ISWAP-led terrorism, kidnappings and killings by ragtag criminals that Buhari’s administration for so long refused to pronounce terrorists. Today, they are nationwide, masterminding jailbreaks, high-profile kidnappings and threatening to hold Mr. President hostage someday!
“Clearly, the very embarrassing situation is not for lack of funding for the war against insecurity. In fact, since he came onboard in May 2015, security has routinely raked in a huge chunk of the yearly appropriation budget.
“In the first six cycle budgets, security and defense gulped a total of N12 trillion, in addition to N2.41 trillion proposed for 2022. The end result is terrorists declaring war on the country and controlling a swath of territories. Nigerians became unsafe at home, schools, roads, rail and worship centers,” The Guardian said.
While disagreeing with the vacation of the legislative arm at a time Nigeria and Nigerians are having a hard time, the national daily called on the National Assembly to take up its position by initiating impeachment proceedings against President Buhari.
“Ideally, where the National Assembly is not a rubber stamp or complicit, there should be neither parliamentary breaks nor weekends for the peoples’ representatives until the country averts the current darkness.
“The onus is on the two chambers of the House to salvage the country and seek practical solutions with timelines to a myriad of problems ravaging the country. Nigeria is on the edge, it needs an urgent rescue mission. It has to survive first to see the next election. Since Buhari appears disinterested, he should leave,” The Guardian wrote in its Monday Editorial.
Recall that the Senate had given President Buhari until September when it will resume its legislative duty to address security challenges costing loss of properties and lives of citizens or be impeached.
