A former Nigerian Minister of Education says President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech is loaded with action which Nigerians will want to see how it will be translated into action.
Giving her opinion on the President’s speech, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, who is also the leader of the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Organisation, told Channels Television that it was inspiring and loaded with action, which she said was one of the attributes of a good speech.
Her comments came just as President Buhari’s speech and decision to relocate the military command to Bornu State have continued to attract more criticisms.
Mrs Ezekwesili said all the attributes of a good speech could be found in Buhari’s presentation, but stressed that Nigerians would be expecting to see the President walk the talk.
In his speech on Friday, May 29, President Buhari said the most immediate challenge that Nigeria should tackle was Boko Haram’s insurgency.
“Progress has been made in recent weeks by our security forces but victory can not be achieved by basing the Command and Control Centre in Abuja. The command centre will be relocated to Maiduguri and remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued. But we can not claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons held hostage by insurgents.
“This government will do all it can to rescue them alive. Boko Haram is a typical example of small fires causing large fires. An eccentric and unorthodox preacher with a tiny following was given posthumous fame and following by his extra judicial murder at the hands of the police. Since then through official bungling, negligence, complacency or collusion Boko Haram became a terrifying force taking tens of thousands of lives and capturing several towns and villages covering swathes of Nigerian sovereign territory.
“Boko Haram is a mindless, godless group who are as far away from Islam as one can think of. At the end of the hostilities when the group is subdued the Government intends to commission a sociological study to determine its origins, remote and immediate causes of the movement, its sponsors, the international connexions to ensure that measures are taken to prevent a reccurrence of this evil. For now the Armed Forces will be fully charged with prosecuting the fight against Boko Haram,” he said.
