Tinubu should rule with fear of God- says former National ex officio of defunct Alliance for Democracy

From Paul Orude  Bauchi

A one-time National Ex Officio of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), Alhaji Al’ameen Sani Muhammad, has urged the  President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmad Tinubu to be a servant leader and an apostle of Justice.

Al’ameen, who was a former Assistant Director Grassroot Engagement and Orientation of Tinubu – Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC in the 2023 election, gave the advice in Bauchi , while addressing journalists.

He called on Tinubu to rule the country with the fear of God and be fair and just to all Nigerians.

“The President Elect needs to take all sections of Nigeria as one and drop his idea of demeaning Northern part of the country as he did in the past which led to the death of the Defunct AD political party,” he said.

Al’ameen said the President-elect Bola Tinubu can only succeed if his efforts are complemented by right thinking Nigerians who share the vision for the unity of the country. 

Al’ameen, who was a former Bauchi APC Governorship aspirant said Tinubu should refrain from avoidable delays in decision making. 

“It is better to take a bad decision and correct it after seeing its effects than to wait until eternity to make one,” he said.

“That’s why it’s customary to say that indecision is the graveyard of good intentions. 

“Muhammadu Buhari’s spectacular and lamentable failure as a president was built on the fundament of indecision. 

“Buhari couldn’t make up his mind about anything and took half-hearted, ineffective decisions only after the urgency of moments had passed. 

“He couldn’t come up with his cabinet members months after he was declared winner of the 2015 election, governing boards of government agencies, which are the engines of everyday governance, were unfilled years after Buhari was inaugurated as president. 

“That was one of the reasons the economy took atailspin into predictable chaos from which it hasn’t recovered.

 “Tinubu should assemble his cabinet members while he is awaiting his inauguration and announce them within the first week following his inauguration.

“He should also fill all vacancies in governing boards of government agencies within the first few months of his administration.

“The choice of cabinet members should lean toward savvy and competent people. 

“I am aware that in presidential democracies cabinet positions are often given as rewards to politicians who supported a presidential candidate during electioneering. 

“I don’t expect Tinubu to not reward people who supported his electoral victory. 

“But in light of the multiple burdens of heightened insecurity, economic stagnation, progressively dysfunctional infrastructure, etc. that he is inheriting, Tinubu will earn the confidence of the nation if he appoints apolitical, clear-eyed, and demonstrably experienced and capable people to supervise the economic, security, power, and other consequential sectors of the nation” 

He said even after he appointed them,  Tinubu should, because of this, set up achievable and measurable metrics to evaluate the performance of ministers and fire non-performing ministers  irrespective of their credentials.

“Tinubu should work to earn the trust of people who didn’t vote for him, including people who don’t believe he legitimately won his election, or he has the interest of one Nigeria in his heart,” he said.

“In appointments and location of projects, he should reflect Nigeria’s intricate diversity. 

“He also should not, in words and in deeds, marginalize any parts of Nigeria that resent him and unfairly elevate his natal constituency.

” It’s easier to win over opponents by repaying their hostility with kindness than to fight them back”. “In any case, after becoming president, there will automatically be power asymmetry between Tinubu and his traducers. 

“The fact of being president dwarfs any vilification he may receive from his opponents and critics. Success, they say, is the best revenge. How he treats opponents will define him more than how he treats people who support him.

“Don’t increase petrol prices , but any policy (call it deregulation, subsidy removal, appropriate pricing, etc.) that results in an arbitrary and unbearable hike in the price of petrol.

“He should resuscitate existing refineries and creating conditions for robust private sector investment in building new ones are obvious, well-worn solutions to the existing order, which have been floating around for years. 

,”Any serious government would make this happen. He should on what will reduce hardship environment to Common Man , he should reduce his frustrations , he should focus on mechanized Agriculture, makes farming policies easier and accessible to common even if it means subsidizing the farming implements, because, no responsible government shies away from subsidizing the production and consumption of essential commodities for its people.” 

Al’ameen said Tinubu should reversed all the last minutes appointment rushed to do by the Buhari administration, he should also reject the strong rumors going on that he will retain 17 Buhari ministers, and he should investigate all the loans acquired by Buhari administration and do justice to the country over these loans, infact of there is window to reject the loans he should reject them. He said the president elect needs prayers so that he can be surrounded by people who also mean well for Nigeria.

Al’ameen, former Assistant Director Grassroot engagement and Orientation of Tinubu Shettima Presidential Campaign Council PCC, was confidence that Tinubu will succeed

“I am confident that our President-elect,  a talent hinter, will take Nigeria to the promised land if he followed good advices he received from well meaning Nigerians, I think Tinubu can transform Nigeria into a world class economy, only if he is supported by those who mean well.” Al’ameen urged Tinubu to implement his reform to move the country forward faithfully, diligently as a man of honour and integrity by developing one Nigeria”