Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday told the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in an unmistakeable term that he must be fair and just to all Nigerians if he wants to succeed as President .
Speaking during a visit by the group to the president-elect in Abuja at the weekend, former Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule said the President-elect must establish firmly, a good justice system that would be of benefit to Nigerians irrespective of where they come from . He counseled that the country will be governed well with a good justice system in place.
But Buhari, for the second time in a week sued for patience with his incoming government, saying the rot in the system was deep and huge. He claimed that the country was facing a massive financial crunch and infrastructural strait, a situation he said his government, would need time to fix .
Attributing his election to divine intervention in the affairs of the nation, Amb Sule said: “Mr President-elect sir, we know what we have gone through, I will ask you not to discriminate against any part of Nigeria but I’ll urge you to do justice to all part of Nigeria. Justice that will bring about peace and stability, that’ll lead to the development of Nigeria.
“Sir, it is easy, I know it was easy when you were a military leader and what made it easy was justice. With justice, you can rule Nigeria well. Justice is the key, irrespective of tribe, religion and race; justice must be done to whosoever deserves it. Power can remain in the hands of an infidel if he’s just and fair but it will not remain in the hands of a believer if he is unfair and unjust.
Lamenting that whereas Nigeria has been lucky in the past 16 years to earn huge revenues from sales of oil, the president-elect said the country’s economy and infrastructure have been in distress. He contended that the situation has been responsible for myriads of challenges that the nation was currently facing .
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