”President Buhari Has Failed” Presidential Hopeful, Donald Duke, Says

Former Cross Rivers state governor and presidential hopeful, Donald Duke, has descried the Buhari-led government as a failed government.

In an interview with DW Africa, the former governor said the Buhari-led administration has refused to evolve with the younger population.

“Because I see such obvious failings. I see a leadership that is steeped in the past; that has refused to evolve with a nation that is predominantly a nation of young aspiring people and still doing things the way they were done many years ago and did not work. I think our leadership in the country today is totally out of tune with the current reality of our nation. There is disconnect somewhere so when you have a leadership that blames its young people for instance of not striving enough or of being lazy, there is a disconnect because the tools to make them achieve their aspiration have not been provided.” he said

Duke who recently declared his intention to run for president but is yte to pick a political party, noted that the Buhari-led administration lacked direction even when they came into power and that this is evident in the fact that it took the government to gather its ministers and heads of parastatals.

“They were not prepared for leadership. For example, it took six months to set up a cabinet. Where do you hear such? President Buhari came into office to fight corruption and insecurity. Let us look at the scorecard. Corruption is not dead. Prosecuting corruption is addressing the symptom and not the problem. The real problem is you have got to create jobs for people; you have got to strengthen institutions that make it almost impossible to engage in such an activity.” he said

On Boko Haram, the former governor said “They have announced that the war is over and Bokom Haram has been defeated. We know it hasn’t been defeated. There are still bombings and kidnappings in the North-East. If you visit the IDPs, you will see that we are breeding the next generation of very disgruntled people”.