NIGERIANS have been urged to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to tackle corruption and reposition the economy.
Former Chairman of Ife Central Local Government Area, Osun State Mr. Adetunji Obawole, who said this in a chat with The Nation, noted that it would take time to correct the rot left behind by former government.
He added that the change being clamoured for would come as expected, adding that the country, under Buhari, would witness “tremendous achievement that Nigeria needed to survive”.
“The president’s rich experience over the years will bail the country out of its present economic crisis,” Obawole said.
He lamented that for the last 16 years, the nation’s wealth has been squandered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government, a situation which, he said, has put the present government on its toes. “Had it been that the nation’s resources were well harnessed, we would not be where we are today,” Obawole said.
The former chairman explained that there was need for government to “intensity efforts at making the oil sector to be productive while monitoring and protecting pipelines as well as stopping the oil theft, which has crippled the economic fortune of the country”.