A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Prof.
Jerry Gana, has expressed displeasure over
the impatience being displayed by
Nigerians with President Muhammadu
Buhari, whose administration is just 30 days
old.
Gana Appeals To Nigerians' Over Buhari's Slow
Pace
Jerry Gana
Gana called on Buhari to carry out his resolve to
fight corruption to the fullest, adding that
corruption has done more harm than good to the
country’s corporate existence, noting that it is
only equity, justice and fairness that can move
the country forward.
He made this remark on Tuesday, June 30, at
Brigadier General Chris Olukolade’s public
presentation of his books, entitled: “Issues in the
Mobilization of Public Support for Military
Operations and The Battles and Voice of the
Nigerian Military,” at the Nigerian Air Force
Conference Centre and Suites, Kado, Abuja.
The PDP chieftain, who was the guest speaker at
the occasion, stated that only leaders that are
sensitive to the needs of the people can transform
their vision into reality.
He called on Nigerians to pray for President
Buhari and other elected leaders for God to give
them the wisdom to select their priorities right,
especially in a nation like Nigeria.
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Gana said: “Although we are very intelligent,
patriotic but one of the things ruining Nigeria is
that we are not patient at all. We are very
impatient and anybody who is impatient will not
get solid things done. Even if you are looking for
a wife, if you are impatient you will not get
anyhow. But when you are looking for a great
lady, you have to wait because the best takes
time to form.
“Nigerians you are too impatient. Already you
know it is just about 30 days that this
administration came on board, I want to plead
that we allow Buhari to study the situation, let
him choose his priorities, allow him to govern; he
has four years. Although we are in opposition
and we are watching even if he is making a
mistake we will say go on. But Nigerians want to
criticise every move; no you don’t do that. So, I
pray God will grant him the wisdom.
“In addition to that, I have seen him already with
a spirit of resilience, I think that is good, the ability
to bounce back after failure. He tried three times;
we defeated him, it was when he came the fourth
time that he defeated us.”
He listed the qualities of a good leader to include
competence and courage, adding that a good
leader must be ready to take critical decisions for
the overall good of the people even if it will affect
some selected class, friends or associates.
The PDP stalwart said:“Leaders must be focused
especially in Nigeria else you won’t do anything
because they are so impatient, if you are going
this way, they will say no, go that way, you will
just be going round in circles at the end of the
day.
“Leaders must also have passion, if you don’t
have passion you cannot get much done, these
are extremely important.
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He extolled Olukolade as a strategic thinker whose
thinking has brought great strategies that have
been useful for the ongoing fight with the terrorist
group Boko Haram.
“It is important for leaders to apply strategic
thinking. The reason why I admire this officer
(Olukolade) is because he is a strategist, he thinks.
He analyse situations and come up with
strategies, If you are strategic then you will win
wars but if you go to a war without a strategy
you are already defeated. We must also have
leaders who are disciplined,” he concluded.