Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-West Zonal Organising Secretary, Mr Femi Careena, has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to hit the ground running now and talk less so as not to lose both local and international goodwill, saying it was unfair for him to have tagged ministers as noisemakers.
Careena said this, at the weekend, shortly after receiving the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Award of Excellence on Youth Development presented to him at a brief ceremony by the NANS Vice President on National Affairs, Comrade Timileyin Gbenga Ayenuro.
This was just as Careena, who described the accolade as special in tandem with his great Nigerian dream, said today’s youths had no excuse not to excel as nothing was inhibiting them to pursue careers of their choice unlike in the past when parents were opposed to certain professions, including sports, entertainment, among others.
Careena said Buhari should talk less, work more as talk was cheap while action was expensive, maintaining that Nigerians and foreign partners had much expectations from his government.
Buhari had said in an interview with French television station, France 24, in apparent justification of delay in appointing his ministers, that civil servants and technocrats were more involved in the process of governance than ministers, who he noted were only there to “make a lot of noise.”
According to the PDP chieftain, calling ministers noise- makers amounted to Buhari covering up his ineptitude, saying that Nigeria was blessed with world- class ministers and administrators, including Professor Akinwunmi Adesina and Professor Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala.
“It is a way of covering his ineptitude. In this country, we have world class ministers, administrators. Adesina left this country, left the administration of Jonathan, he made an impact before living, how can you call such a person a noise maker? Do you understand what I am saying? Today he is on the world platform. We should be proud of that, so how can you call such a person a noise- maker?
