In this interview, Dr Sani Adamu, the originator of Desrvation.org, and National convener Project774ForAtiku2019 told Journalists in Abuja that a stolen mandate will never yield any good for the country.
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On the ruling of the presidential tribunal?
I wish to thank our faithful supporters and well-meaning Nigerians for maintaining peace and remaining hopeful that our stolen mandate will be returned to us soon.
Most Nigerians have witnessed our efforts at the tribunal. The brilliance showed by our legal team and the steadfastness of our witnesses and technical experts have indeed convinced us beyond a reasonable doubt that Atiku is coming.
You are all living witnesses that since the APC and PMB stole our mandate, nothing has gone right again in Nigeria. Insecurity has gone from bad to worse. It is really unfortunate that the lives of helpless Nigerians do not mean much to this government.
What is your assessment of the fight against corruption?
Corruption has also been institutionalized, and the actions or inactions of the President has proven to all observers that PMB is not serious about fighting corruption.
You are free to indulge in corruption as long as you are a member of APC and support the desperate ambition of Mohammadu Buhari. Not only is the President ready to provide a refuge for the corrupt, but he has also gone ahead to even reward the corrupt with an authoritative slot.
If you do not understand what I mean, check out the Akpabios, the Orji UzoKalus, the Timpre Sylvas and the Gandujes etc.
The Nigeria economy is on autopilot with no captain or first officer. Poverty has been officially declared to be multidimensional in Nigeria and still growing since the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari began in 2015.
98 million Nigerians are caught up in multi-dimensional poverty with no hope of recovery, for as long as Muhammadu Buhari is President.
The President has either suspended all the poverty alleviation strategies adopted to deceive Nigerians into electing him or summarily dismissed the beneficiaries of N-Power Scheme.
What is your take on the TraderMoni Scheme?
What is actually the meaning of the ‘’Next Level’’ Slogan? Are we on track to the next level of Poverty, Scarceness, and Paucity, which has been adjudged by Oxfam to be multi-dimensional?
The answer is resounding YES! Nigerians are in for a raw deal.
About the ministerial appointments?
We have waited months for PMB to appoint Ministers. After a long period of waiting, we ended up with people who are either unknown or incompetent, but are simply called upon for one reasons other than competence.
We have said in the past that the National Assembly under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Lawal and Gbajamiala will be a rubber stamp parliament. The two days of screening of the ministers have been nothing but a waste of time. What the senators have done is not screening at all. The Ministers were not referred to the appropriate committees for initial screening.
The President sent the names on Monday, and by Tuesday over ten nominees have been screened. Some were asked to bow and go! Take the example of Rotimi Amaechi. No one was able to ask questions or account for his performance as former Minister of Transport, He was asked to bow and go simply because he was a former Speaker of River State House of Assembly.
Even the FCT Minister is just a chink chonk chink, the screening was a washout exercise in purposelessness. Nigerians are not pleased at all. But, come to think about this. The mandate does not belong to Buhari or APC We can analyze the Ministerial nominees to show you that PMB is unfit to rule, unfit to Develop Nigeria, and unfit to bring the required peace and security for prosperity.
I wish to remind Nigerians that PMB had lamented severally that the Ministers he worked with from 2015 to 2019 are unknown to him. He promised that this time around, he would only nominate persons he knows very well.
What was the result? He brought the most corrupt individuals on board as those he knows very well. He brought back eleven of his previous Ministers; nine were former Governors who were all adjudged to be fantastically corrupt. Seven were former Senators and only seven were Women. None of the nominees could be referred to represent the powerful and hardworking youths.
Women and Youths are disappointed, but we have said severally during the campaign that Atiku has reserved 40% of ministerial appointees to the Youths. Some unfortunate Nigerians who misplaced their trust in Nigeria are already regretting their actions.
I want to say this to Nigerians, please listen very well. Do not, I repeat, do not place hope in PMB to make your lives better or to alleviate your multi-dimensional poverty, or to provide peace and security, or to reduce corruption. Expecting PMB to provide peace and harmony to bring about development is simply wishful thinking. My reason is simple. Nigerians did not vote for Mohammadu Buhari last February.
They Actually voted for Atiku. What we are doing at the moment is to follow the constitutional way to reclaim our stolen mandate. Do not expect any good to come from those who stole the Atiku mandate. It is garbage in garbage out.
How effective has this administration been within the last four years?
I honestly wish to state that the government of PMB will continue to move from one blunder to the other. It is simply a display of the highest-level incompetence ever exhibited by any Nigerian Leader, and a retired ‘‘general’’ for that matter Incompetent leader begets incompetent Ministers; incompetent Government will simply bleed Nigerians to death.
If bandits do not kill you, hunger and hopelessness will kill you slowly. If you do not have the heart to commit suicide “God forbid” you may meet an untimely death on the highway or in the farm or in the hands of kidnappers for ransom. There is simply no escape from this all-round incompetent government.
Nigeria has gone so bankrupt and lost all moral obligations that to find a lost item or misplaced money and return to the owner calls for celebration and praises. TO display civic responsibility and integrity has become so enviable that calls for celebration and mention by leaders who themselves do not possess any moral character.
Recently, an Air Force officer, Bashir Umar on duty at the kano Airport found large amounts of money belonging to a Pilgrim and returned it. What seemed a normal occurrence in other Countries has become so rare in Nigeria under the leadership of PMB.
This news has gone viral, especially when the Nigeria Air force promoted Bashir Umar to a rank that will ordinarily take him ten years to attain in the Force, just for displaying discipline and integrity. Such is Nigeria that Professionalism, courage and sacrifice or accomplishment is not rewarded.
This system promotes mediocre to position of leadership manifested in incompetence and stagnation. President Mohammadu Buhari is a failure. All the policies of his government since 2015 failed to yield any good to Nigeria and Nigerians, He has even failed to understand that the patience of Nigeria is running tinny in which Gen. Abdul Salam eagle-eyed.
About Sowore’s detention
I must also comment on the unlawful arrest and detention of Mr Sowore and other Nigerians for planning simple civil disobedience once commended and severally undertaken by Buhari and his supporters in 2003 and 2011.
In 2011 Buhari called for revolution when he was a Presidential candidate of the CPC. He called on Nigerians to sacrifice their lives for his cause and commended the Egyptian revolution that swept Hosni Mubarak from power.
We have said it times without number that Buhari is not only incompetent but despotic, prejudice and boldly dogmatic. Since his unfortunate election as President in 2015, Nigeria has become not only a Banana republic but also the capital of poverty in the world. The police and the Army have become his instruments of suppression and unconstitutional actions against the lawful protest.
I, therefore, call on the government to unconditionally release Mr Sowore without further delay. The government must guarantee his safety and wellbeing and those of his comrades. Enough of these unconstitutional behaviours!
