The elderstatesman who initially refused to comment on some national issues, in a telephone conversation with Saturday
Vanguard lamented that President Buhari was not different from his predecessor.
He said: “The President is just like his predecessor and no fundamental difference.
They all believe in the system based on self interest first, while
public interest comes after their own interest is served. He is not
radical enough to deal with the situation in Nigeria”.
He accused the govern-ment of conceding its leading
role in economy to the private sector as well as
folding its arm while
watching the private sector determine what goes on, adding that this
will lead the country to nowhere.
According to him, “Let us decide first what is the root cause of the problem of the economy.
The root cause is the leading role of the private sector as opposed to
the leading role of the state in the economy to ensure, peace,
equality, justice, dignity of the human person and the progressive
development of the country.
Unless the leading role of the state is right, we cannot get things right.
“With our experience over the years, the only viable solution to the
state of the nation is socialist reconstruction of Nigeria starting with
the leading role of the state in the economy.
At the moment, the choice of the President and the Senate President is
that the leading role of the economy is that of the Private sector which
is wrong. As long as we continue with this, we will get no where”.
He advised the President to immediately embark on social reconstruction
of Nigeria, taking the leading role in the economy and bring about a
system that places public interest first above every other interest.
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