Fani-Kayode, Anenih speak on Buhari Inaugural speech

Nigerians yesterday reacted to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech.

Femi Fani-Kayode

Fani-Kayode: ‘’I believe his part of non vendetta will be true, all Nigerians should join hands to see Nigeria move forward.

“I believe it was a promising speech and sincerely hope that he is true to what he has said especially on the issue that he will not be on a vendetta mission. I hope he is saying the right thing; hope his words will be proved to be truth.

“It is incumbent upon all of us as politicians to ensure that the next four years go on smoothly. I trust that all will be well and the country will move forward.”

Iyom Josephine Anenih

Pioneer National Woman leader of the PDP and former Minister of Women Affairs and delegate to the 2014 National Conference.

“I like President Muhamadu Buhari’s speech. He was very kind to former President Jonathan by acknowledging the role he played in keeping Nigeria one and united. His avowed blueprint when implemented will definitely spell a positive Change for this country. His speech  was very states manly. Very reassuring to the nation.”

The Director- General, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Asishana Okauru

“ the speech is very encouraging. It has a lot of accommodation in it between the federal government and the states in moving the country forward and the NGF will be ready to participate fully. “

Festus Okoye: Executive Director, Human Rights Monitor and member of the 2014 National Conference:

“The  speech lifted the spirit of despair and fatalistic  resignation  that enveloped Nigeria in the last few years. It was both  inspirational  and uplifting. He clearly mapped out his navigational chart and direction.  His pledge to be for all and for none is a clear indication that he will run  a just and fair administration.”

HDP asks Buhari to probe Adoke, EFCC

The Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP.

The immediate past AGF, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, sabotaged the trial of some members of the the “cabal” behind the oil subsidy scam, which occasioned untold hardship on Nigerians within the past two months.

“Our position remains that the Attorney General of the Federation and other such Ministers, and the EFCC, who played a major role in the connivance and encouraging the fuel subsidy scam, should be probed to recover trillions of naira belonging to Nigerians now in their possession.

“We demand that the government of Buhari must do this to earn the respect and confidence of Nigerians and the international community and to assuage the embarrassment the government officials have caused the entire nation and the suffering people of Nigeria.”

Buhari’s Inaugural Speech Is Illusory And Vague – Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa

Lagos based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has condemned the inauguration speech by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it was illusory and vague.

The lawyer in a statement issued on Friday,  and made available to DAILY POST argued that President Buhari, in his speech failed to touch certain issues in his address, and also failed to show how certain problems he identified would be tackled, hence falling short of a presidential speech for an inauguration.

The lawyer listed areas that the new president failed to address to include foreign policy directive, issues relating to global warming and climate change, the violence in the Middle East, the general global economic downturn, the mode of tackling corruption, collapsing aviation sector, unpaid salaries of millions of workers across the land, the huge debts that the Jonathan administration has bequeathed to him and the main means of generating revenue, to run his government, apart from oil.

The lawyer therefore argued that it “would seem that the President is still on the soap box, whereby promises and promises and intentions, are the order. He is the President of Nigeria now and my expectation was that since March 28, 2015, when he won the election, when he received the certificate of return from INEC, when he got assurances from Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, that his election would not be contested, General Buhari would have outlined his main policy direction. But alas, that has not happened today.”

Fani-Kayode, Anenih speak on Buhari Inaugural speech