It Is Too Early To Condemn Tinubu’s Administration Says Don
A university don, Professor Babafemi Adesina Badejo, has cautioned that it is too early to condemn President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, expressing the belief that the President would outperform his predecessor, Muhamadu Buhari.
Professor Badejo argued that Tinubu’s performance in one month is a pointer that his administration will bring relief to Nigerians in the current hard situation.
He however said the President would face significant challenges in dealing with the persistent issue of insecurity in the country.
Badejo made the remark while delivering his lecture at the maiden edition of the inaugural lecture of Chrisland University in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
Speaking on the theme of the lecture ‘interest’, the professor of Political Science and International Relations stressed that President Muhamad Buhari failed woefully in terms of corruption.
Bedejo lamented that despite the fact that Buhari constituted a committee to fight corruption, the narrative bit deep into the fabric of Nigeria till the end of his (Buhari’s) administration.
His words “The Nigerian people have been too docile and tolerant of corruption for too long. Hence, corruption will continue to thrive until a determined organised results-driven set of Nigerians arise in a firm resistance against the current order that continues to ridicule and insult national sensibilities.
Professor Badejo also condemned the 1999 constitution of the nation, arguing that the constitution gives tolerance to corruption.
“The 1999 Constitution is too tolerant of corruption, and this needs to be addressed. The deliberate rendering inadequate of relevant instruments for anti-graft in the provisions of the y 1999 Constitution needs to be addressed.
He added” The Constitution avoided having a short clause granting citizens access to declared assets of public office holders. It pushed the responsibility of passing a bill to the National Assembly. No such bill has been passed since 1999. In addition, the access to and scrutiny of public documents by virtue of the 2007 Freedom of Information Act needs to be fully operational”.
