Rev’d Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Founder and Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria has disclosed that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, during his visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja had told him that Nigeria would have become a country many would thank God for had it not been for the Democratic bottlenecks.
The Cleric revealed this in an interview with News agency, Daily Trust, he added that the President still had the zeal from his military days engraved in him but sadly had to go through a two-chamber parliament to get his ideas implemented.
Father Mbaka continued; “Buhari assured me of good governance but his worry is democratic bureaucracy. If not for democratic bureaucracy, this country could have been a country for which everybody will say ‘Nagode Allah’ (I thank God), ‘Masha Allah’ (thank God for what this man has done), ‘Insha Allah’ (by the grace of God).
“But now, he has to pass through the Senate and the House of Reps. So, it’s no longer like when he was Buhari the military Head of State with Tunde Idiagbon. But Buhari still has the same spirit, the same enthusiasm, the same forcefulness, the same will power, the same determination to put Nigeria on the platform of excellence, but there is bureaucratic bottleneck. So, with an oath, Buhari assured me of giving Nigeria good governance.”
On the performance of the President Buhari-led administration, the Catholic cleric admitted it was too early to give a verdict, adding that; “So far, Buhari has done very well. Look at the case of moral probity, how he, without mincing words, said no to same sex marriage. It’s immoral, it’s unnatural, and it’s un-African.
“Buhari said it’s not debatable in Nigeria, he said man should marry a woman and a woman should go and be married to a man. This is because, if sodomy and lesbianism and homosexuality are approved in Nigeria, the country will be in trouble. They are worse than economic collapse; because the bedrock of every successful country is her morality.
“So if Buhari is touching the heart of the country, which is moral probity and enhancing spiritual value, he has succeeded. Number two, look at the issue of Boko Haram; here’s somebody who came to fight terrorism even though there’re skeletal attacks here and there, but the issue of “Boko Haramic” forces operating with flags and taking over some parts of the country, is dead. So, Buhari has succeeded, Kudos to him, no matter how other people are seeing in him, they must learn to see the good part of him.
The cleric further urged Nigerian to cooperate with the efforts of the President in achieving the Nigeria of our collective dream; “He’s doing his best but Nigerians must do their best, too. Buhari cannot be in Abuja and be in Enugu or be in Ebonyi and be in Nasarawa or Kogi. All of us should be presidents in our own little way. We should clap for him, even if he has not gotten it 100 percent, 98 percent is not a small mark.”
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