"What Happened To Emefiele After Buhari Would Never Had Happened To Him Under Obasanjo" -Professor Jideofor Adibe

Professor Jideofor Adibe, a professor of political science in Nasarawa State University has come out to say that the newly appointed ministers under President Tinubu will need the political backing of the president to be able to carry out their duties effectively and also take effective risks.

According to Prof. Adibe who appeared in an interview on Channels television tonight….

“For the ministers to work, for them to be effective and be able to take risks, the president have to set the tone. As president, you have to lead by example. And also we expect that the president should be confident enough to allow the ministers the leg room to take decisions. It is only when the ministers are very sure that they have political cover that they will take effective risks. For example, the demolitions done by El Rufai in Abuja as minister would not have taken place if he did not have the political cover from Obasanjo. The same thing goes with the bank consolidation of Soludo.”

“If it’s not a strong character, a strong willed person like Obasanjo, none of them would’ve seen the light of the day. If you compare that to what happened under Buhari, it seems that we’ll, if there’s too much criticism of any policy, Buhari will just throw you under the bus. And we saw it with the way he related with the naira redesign. Even though he came out on public television and owned ownership, when the heat was very much on on Emefiele, nobody saw him. That will never happen to Emefiele under Obasanjo.”

Watch the full interview here. Start from 17:00

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