Senator Ben Murray Bruce Chairman of the Silverbird Group of companies and Senator elect representing Bayelsa East has disclosed that with the present economic realities in the country, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, President elect, on assumption of office will soon wish he did not win the 2015 presidential polls.
Bruce who is also a media veteran made this known in his article titled “It Doesn’t Matter if the Cat is White or Black” as a guest columnist in Thisday Newspaper dated Wednesday 29 April 2015. He pointed out that the former dictator’s choices were limited because of the fall in oil price as countries like United States, and China which Nigeria looked to for patronage, have now developed alternative sources of energy.Bruce was of the opinion that the Buhari led Government was going to face a lot of challenges as regarding generating revenue coupled with enormous promises he had made to Nigerians. “With this type of expectation, Buhari’s honeymoon period with Nigerians will not last very long if he does not take drastic steps to adjust Nigeria’s economy to the realities of falling oil prices and a dearth of buyers for the Bonny Light Sweet Crude.” He said Buhari cannot, unless he is extraordinarily brave and politically callous to do the obvious by sacking some civil servants and reducing governance costs starting from Aso Rock. He said before Buhari can achieve this, he must first of all build up political capital by reducing the overhead cost of the Executive and persuade the Legislature to follow suit.“As a military strategist, the President-elect must be familiar with the principle that the people you use in subduing an opponent are not necessarily the same persons you will need in rebuilding the territories you took.” Bruce said this after considering the personalities Buhari appointed in his transition committee, such as Ahmed Joda, Chairman, Dr. Doyin Salami, Vice-chairman, Adamu Adamu, Secretary, Boss Mustapha, Muhammad Hayatuddin, Abubakar Malami, SAN, Prof. Tam David West, Governor Rotimi Amaechi and John Odigie Oyegun among others. Bruce also noted that Buhari would have to expand the circle of his friends and advisers by employing proven technocrats of different fields rather than recycling the services of those who worked for his success in the presidential polls.He advised Gen. Buhari not to be bitter about who said what, when and where and told him not to allow any desire to pay back his traducers, be it in the past 16 years or as far back as 1985 to supersede his vision for the country as four years will not be enough to fix Nigeria.
Bruce who is also a media veteran made this known in his article titled “It Doesn’t Matter if the Cat is White or Black” as a guest columnist in Thisday Newspaper dated Wednesday 29 April 2015. He pointed out that the former dictator’s choices were limited because of the fall in oil price as countries like United States, and China which Nigeria looked to for patronage, have now developed alternative sources of energy.Bruce was of the opinion that the Buhari led Government was going to face a lot of challenges as regarding generating revenue coupled with enormous promises he had made to Nigerians. “With this type of expectation, Buhari’s honeymoon period with Nigerians will not last very long if he does not take drastic steps to adjust Nigeria’s economy to the realities of falling oil prices and a dearth of buyers for the Bonny Light Sweet Crude.” He said Buhari cannot, unless he is extraordinarily brave and politically callous to do the obvious by sacking some civil servants and reducing governance costs starting from Aso Rock. He said before Buhari can achieve this, he must first of all build up political capital by reducing the overhead cost of the Executive and persuade the Legislature to follow suit.“As a military strategist, the President-elect must be familiar with the principle that the people you use in subduing an opponent are not necessarily the same persons you will need in rebuilding the territories you took.” Bruce said this after considering the personalities Buhari appointed in his transition committee, such as Ahmed Joda, Chairman, Dr. Doyin Salami, Vice-chairman, Adamu Adamu, Secretary, Boss Mustapha, Muhammad Hayatuddin, Abubakar Malami, SAN, Prof. Tam David West, Governor Rotimi Amaechi and John Odigie Oyegun among others. Bruce also noted that Buhari would have to expand the circle of his friends and advisers by employing proven technocrats of different fields rather than recycling the services of those who worked for his success in the presidential polls.He advised Gen. Buhari not to be bitter about who said what, when and where and told him not to allow any desire to pay back his traducers, be it in the past 16 years or as far back as 1985 to supersede his vision for the country as four years will not be enough to fix Nigeria.
Lol...well let's all put our sword back n give the man our support...transforming 9ja in 4yrs is very possible,,we hv d wealth,resources to do that........but it all depends on d executive n legislative arms of government....if they will b honest n sincere 9ja will b better than dubai...
ReplyDeleteYou talk like a clown, how do you think naira will be equal to a dollar with Buhari? When we are not a producing nation and even as that we must have at least less or zero importation or equilibrium rate of exports and imports in order to help our currency. China is not able to do that and you are here talking about Nigerians wealth where only the few has squandered. What Bruce said is the truth and his advice is pure and simple. So learn to know facts and not talk shits.
DeleteHmmm,,,bros u need to go back to school n learn public manners....we are not china n beside dollar must not b equal to #1 to achieve great transformation in this country......dubai currency is not equivalent to d dollar also buy d nation is doing well,,u know y?....because her leaders are honest......all we need to turn d hand of d clock is honest leaders both executive,legislative n judicial sectores.....in my dictionary d word impossible is not they...malaysia don't hv oil ,,they do better in agriculture,,,,we hv abundant numerous mineral resources that can spring 9ja to lime light if tab on with sincere minds.....so what are u telling me,,.....
DeletePardon me for my manners but am irked with the way Buharist see him as a messiah of some sort whereas his isn't. If you are reading the news right you will see that our country is heading to an economic crunch and it is getting harder by the day. And you and I know that Nigerians in general are very impatient by nature and so much will be expected of him. He cannot steer the economy quickly like that without making substantial reduction in expenses starting from the executives. Oh you said I talked about dollar becoming equal to a naira, am sorry to say this that the Buhari you are supporting said so and I wonder how that will be possible? Please like I said earlier am sorry for my manners but I want you to look beyond being theoretical optimistic to factual optimistic. It won't be easy and you will see how it will pan out. Am a business man and I know the pains of what it is costing us to work things out and still make profits these days. So stop comparing other countries that took years to build because Nigeria cannot be turned in 4yrs let alone another 4.
DeletePardon me for my manners but am irked with the way Buharist see him as a messiah of some sort whereas his isn't. If you are reading the news right you will see that our country is heading to an economic crunch and it is getting harder by the day. And you and I know that Nigerians in general are very impatient by nature and so much will be expected of him. He cannot steer the economy quickly like that without making substantial reduction in expenses starting from the executives. Oh you said I talked about dollar becoming equal to a naira, am sorry to say this that the Buhari you are supporting said so and I wonder how that will be possible? Please like I said earlier am sorry for my manners but I want you to look beyond being theoretical optimistic to factual optimistic. It won't be easy and you will see how it will pan out. Am a business man and I know the pains of what it is costing us to work things out and still make profits these days. So stop comparing other countries that took years to build because Nigeria cannot be turned in 4yrs let alone another 4.
DeleteAm not buhari's fan...but by his previous records while in office,,I hv hope that he might hv great impact n turn things around to a more better condition than d current admin.....let's just wait n see how he will perform in office in his first one year.....my joy is that,,d electorate now knows d power of their vote so its either u work n earn it or u get voted out of office....let's b optimistic about d incoming govt
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