This was contained in a statement he personally signed yesterday and sent to Sunday Telegraph yesterday. Asiwaju Tinubu who expressed his empathy, compassion to his fellow country men and women over the statement, said, “Perhaps the statement by Kachikwu was made in a moment of unguarded frustration or was it an awkward attempt at a joke. Whatever the motive, it was untimely and off-putting.”
He berated the minister for the unguarded statement, saying the remark did not sit well with the Nigerian people, adding that Nigerian were as right to feel insulted as the Minister was wrong to have said such a thing.
Asiwaju Tinubu who was a former governor of Lagos State and a principal in the success of APC at the Presidential poll, said the fuel shortage is severely biting for the average person, stressing that Nigerians are forced to remain in lines far too long, for too much time, to pay too much money for too little fuel. “This is no joking matter. Livelihoods and people’s welfare are at stake. With so much on the line, Kachikwu’s flippancy was out-of-line.
He was basically telling Nigerians that they should be lucky that they are getting the inadequate supply they now suffer and that they should just be quiet and endure the shortage for several weeks more,” he said.
He further said that Kachikwu’s intervention panicked and disappointed the public as to the duration of the crisis, adding that it insulted the people by its tonality. According to him, the Minister spoke with the imperious nature of a member of the elitist government the people voted out last year and not the progressive one they voted in. He reminded him that he was not coerced to take the job and he accepted it and its responsibilities knowingly.
He cautioned Kachikwu that his portfolio being a strategically important one, he needs to reestablish the correct relationship with the public because, “they no longer feel he is working for their optimal benefit as their servant. Instead, he seems to be standing above them, telling them to take it or leave it.
For his policies and stint in office to be successful and a help to this government, he must have the support and belief of the people at this tough time. He urged him to learn to talk to the people in a way that they believe he seeks their best interest and understands the hardship weighing upon them.
He stressed that he must ask the people to work with him and perhaps to endure a bit longer but with the knowledge that he is working to resolve this matter as fast as he can and as permanently as possible. Also, Aswaju Tinubu urged the Minister to reassure Nigerian that he is dedicated to the position that once these current lines at the filling stations are gone that they shall never again reappear as long as he has any influence in the matter.
He said, “To do this, requires neither magic nor training in that strange craft. It requires just the willpower to forge a better Nigeria. These must be the common trademarks of those serving in a progressive government for these attributes are integral parts of the spirit and ideals upon which the APC was founded.” According to him, upon such notions was this administration voted into office by the Nigerian people in the operation of their sovereign will to seek a national leadership that would pursue their interests to the utmost and give them every fair chance to live in a better Nigeria.
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