Ghali Na’Abba, a former speaker of the house of representatives, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the running of the country.
Na’Abba, who spoke when he appeared as a guest on Daily Politics, a programme on Daily Trust television, said someone told him that Buhari cannot even manage his own family, let alone the affairs of the country.
The ex-speaker said people in the south perceive the President as a tribalist because he runs the country based on his own opinion.
“It is not as if northerners and southerners are at war, but in any relationship from time to time, you get some friction. This friction arises from certain reasons,” he was quoted as saying.
“The perception that the current president is against southerners has become a reality. I think he is not managing this country in a way that accommodates politics; even in the north, there are complaints about him.
“You cannot run a country in a manner that suggests you are highly opinionated. And this opinionation has nothing to do with the people. If it has to do with the people and their welfare, and their feelings — I think it’s ok.
“People in the south have this perception that he is a tribalist… he can’t even manage the country. Someone told me that this man can’t even manage his home, how can he manage a country?
“No consultation. Since he suggests that, he works alone. We become president or whatever not because we have the monopoly of wisdom. Nobody has it”.
