By Gloria Emmanuel President Muhammadu Buhari has not disappointed Nigerians so far, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said.
Obasanjo who spoke with newsmen in Taraba on Friday, also expressed confidence in the ability of Buhari to turn things around for good in the country.
Well meaning Nigerians have been speaking about the hunger and frustrations in the land, asking the President to Assembly competent economic team that could resuscitate Nigeria’s economy.
But, Obasanjo appears to be satisfied with the performance of Mr. Buhari, saying “So far, Buhari has not disappointed us.
“I trust him (Buhari), he will not fail Nigerians. I know he will overcome the challenges the country is currently facing.”
In a related development, the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, visited President Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Friday.
After a closed doors meeting with his host, Pastor Bakare, who was Buhari’s running mate in 2011, enjoined Nigerians to be patient with Mr. Buhari.
“It’s too early and just too soon to begin to judge. If there is anything I know about Mr. President, it is that he has a good heart. “He loves this country and he wants the country to run well,” he said. But it takes time. I know we are all impatient and in a hurry and I trust we will come out of the woods.
“When you are driving on a wrong direction, for example, you are going to Ibadan and you face Badagry, and you get to Cotonou and you realise you have gone in the wrong direction for too long a time, then you make a U-turn, there will be some suffering you have to go through.
“Pain is part of gain. No pain no gain.” The years of wastage and all that we have done wrong has finally caught up with us.
“All we are praying for is wisdom for this government to do things right and to do the right things so that gradually, we can begin to come out of the woods,” Pastor Bakare said.
