The ex-National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Dr. Musa Babayo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption is in order.
Babayo, who spoke at the weekend with The Nation in Lagos, said the President should be hailed for waging a war against graft.
He said: “President Buhari is determined to change people’s lives. He believes in the core values of integrity, service to humanity, building and moving the society forward and strengthening our institutions so that our country can progress. This is why I support his anti-corruption crusade despite that I am a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain.
“Buhari is the president of Nigeria. He is not the President of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He took an oath of office and allegiance and it is our responsibilities, based on his antecedents, based on his track record, to support him. I have no doubt that he will perform. In fact, he is already performing.”
Babayo said contrary to the PDP opinion, the President was not slow.
His words: “Basically, when people talk of being too slow or too fast, I laugh. Whenever you take an assignment, the first thing you do is to conduct a detailed diagnostic study of your internal environment because you have to know the depth of your problem. You don’t begin to prescribe solution; you don’t begin the treatment of a disease when the diagnoses are not complete. You may not get it right if you do that.
“Some people are saying Buhari should have done his homework before assuming office. But there are some assignments you cannot do from outside, you need to be inside before you can do them. If a patient goes to see his doctor, the doctor will first know his medical history. He will not prescribe Panadol for you simply because you have headache. He will want to do something more by diagnosing, in order to give you the right treatment.”
The ex-PDP national secretary and former chairman of TETFUND Board of Trustees said President Buhari had the strength, moral focus and posture to fight corruption.
Said he: “Things are happening already and in the positive direction. I believe strongly that this is the right way to go. The change has begun, the change of attitude. If you are able to stop people who undermine institutions, that is a monumental achievement. The fear of Buhari should be the beginning of wisdom, but that fear should be in the positive sense because the fear is providing leadership and he has started providing good leadership, from what we have seen.”
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