Former National Assembly member, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele, has urged the ministerial designates, whose nominations have been confirmed by the Senate to act as real change agents to bring rapid economic recovery to the country.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State specifically advised former governors of Lagos and Ekiti states, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and Dr Kayode Fayemi to bring their experiences to bear and save the country from its present parlous economic situation.
Bamidele, in a statement in Ado Ekiti yesterday by his media aide, Ahmed Salami, urged the ministerial designates that had scaled the screening hurdles to deploy their full potentials in helping President Muhammadu Buhari achieve his much promised change in the system.
He stated: “What Nigeria needs is holistic turnaround and the ministers as managers of all the sectors must support President Muhammadu Buhari to spread the tentacles of the change so that people can take ownership of government and have confidence in the system”.
Bamidele, however, stated that, with the antecedents of those that had been screened, he had no iota of doubt that they would deploy their full potentials to take the country to the path of economic renewal that would benefit even unborn generations.
The former House of Representatives member praised the Senator Bukola Saraki–led Senate for eschewing party politics and expediting actions on the screening, saying “this has again shored up Nigerians' respect for the National Assembly and indicated that it is an institution that puts Nigerians first”.
Bamidele stated that the APC-led Federal Government cannot afford to fail Nigerians because of the high hope and confidence they reposed in the ability of President Muhammadu Buhari to bring the desired changes.
“What the APC and even President Muhammadu Buhari in particularly used as the pivot of their electioneering campaign was the word, 'change'. We promised that we will bring the desired change and we will be held responsible should we fail to deliver.
“Though, we have been seeing apparent changes in the system and this is not by magic, but through commitment and sacrifice of Mr President.
“The corruption index has reduced. The petroleum scarcity and other shady deals being perpetrated in the oil sector have fizzled out and Nigerians can now buy petrol at the N87 regulated price. No more long queues or hoarding of petroleum resources.
“Aside the foregoing, our moribund refineries have started to work, our country has gained the confidence of the international community, the EFCC which had become a shadow of itself under the last administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan has started handling high profile cases and many other landmark achievements recorded by President Muhammadu Buhari in the last five months,” Bamidele stated.