An Open Letter To Muhammadu Buhari By Engr. Ezenwenyi Stanley Chidiebere

Now you are president of the federal republic of Nigeria, millions of Nigerians believe you will transform the economic growth of Nigeria, restore dignity in the mindset of foreigners, bring about rapid infrastructural development, end corruption, build refineries and finally bring about constant power supply. I went to Alaba International market yesterday the 30^th day of May 2015 just a day after you took over the mantle of leadership and I was meant to understand that there has been power supply for some pretty hours and the man next to me said that Buhari is already working… your excellency, this shows that perhaps they think you are a magician because of your campaign promises, I remember you said Boko Haram will be a thing of the past within few weeks if you become president, a statement I have on video, so was awesomely embarrassed when your party APC denied you ever said that, Your Excellency sir, I was rather shamefully amazed when APC said you never said most of the things I have a video of you saying….i was also ironically disturbed that you said Goodluck Jonathan did not  give you any useful hint just few days to your handover and yet you praised him on your inauguration day on how he cooperated in the transition process and you said  “I would like to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his display of statesmanship in setting a precedent for us that has now made our people proud to be Nigerians wherever they are. With the support and cooperation he has given to the transition process, he has made it possible for us to show the world that despite the perceived tension in the land we can be a united people capable of doing what is right for our nation. Together we co-operated to surprise the world that had come to expect only the worst from Nigeria. I hope this act of graciously accepting defeat by the outgoing President will become the standard of political conduct in the country.”  
General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) as we know you before the day you removed the title from your name, it may interest you to know that more than 15,424,921  Nigerians believe you can take this nation which is for now a definition of a failing state to the promised land where the dividends of democracy will be deposited at the door step of every Nigerian, regardless of religion, zone or tribe. If only you can fulfill just fifty (50) percent of your campaign promises in four (4) years, Nigerians will never forget you, please note that we do not want excuses. You and your party made lots of promises which seem impossible because we have known only bad governance which is a menace to our society as such the only disaster that can be likened to natural disaster experienced in other part of the world.  I am sure you do not need empirical evidence (borrowed from Mrs Oby Ezekwesili) to say that Obasanjo, Tinubu, Atiku, Ameachi, Ngige, Saraki,Silva are corrupt, hence you will dare not probe them….meanwhile they are part of the problems we have today. Or did they turned holy because they are in your party unlike IBB and co ? Today as God may want it you are president of the federal republic of Nigeria, with all the powers bestowed on you which on the 29^th day of May you  started exercising by moving our military base to Borno state….hmmm, one may wonder if this is how you will be moving our military base, for instance if there is militancy in the Niger Delta, would you move the military base to Rivers or Delta state ? An answer to this question will clarify many facts. Your excellency  sir, need I remind you that there were many campaign promises you made during your campaign? Well I believe you remember them because just few days after you were declared winner of the March 28^th 2015 election you cried out to Nigerians that they should not expect a miracle, you never told them not to expect miracle during your campaign, so they saw you as the man with the almighty formula to solve Nigeria’s problem with the mantra CHANGE as the solution, even though I cried out that the CHANGE we need as a nation is different from what APC represents, they never listened and now we are here. Your excellency sir, were you  not aware that our economy was and still is a shame when you  were singing your campaign promises ? were you not aware that Nigeria was and still is in crisis during  the campaign? Your excellency  sir, the ugly but beautiful truth is that you were  aware and you  promised....so we will not accept any form of excuse. We the people will in the strongest term ever register our humble reminders in millions if need be. Mr President you must as a matter of no choice fulfill  your campaign promises. Your excellency sir,remember the yardstick for good governance is not measured by the achievements of your predecessors. So we have already set a benchmark for your  appraisal in 2019....we have started calculating your  KPI  sir. I pray for you to succeed because nothing can make me more happy than seeing a better Nigeria. So I will be glad if you disappoint me and about 12,853,162  Nigerians who voted for GEJ as against your 15,424,921 votes by delivering good governance. You have everything in your favour to succeed, highest number of states and lawmakers.

Mr President it may interest you to know that in 2011 I preferred you to GEJ  even though I never voted for you nor for Jonathan then because I did not believe your stories, but somewhere along the lonely track of history mixed with reality I lost the trust I once had for you. I heard some of your utterances and  I watched closely your body movement and your eyes, and they were saying different things, so I became confused. Most of my friends said you will fight corruption and I told them you will fight corruption to the best of your ability no doubt but I do not see you as the CHANGE we need because I saw your eyes saying you will fight corruption yet your mind was with them  starting from Bola Tinubu,Rochas Okorocha,Bukola Saraki,Rotimi Ameachi, Olusegun Obasanjo, Atiku Abubakar, Chris Ngige  and  Timipre Sylva  to mention but a few, so I asked my friend if you think this men are not corrupt ? He answered me and said “ I WONDER HOW GENERAL BUHARI WILL FIGHT CORRUPTION WITH THESE MEN SURROUNDING HIM,THEY WILL JUST BREAK HIS LEGS “ That was exactly what my friend said. Mr President  if you really want to fight corruption then you must open the files of these men mentioned above, yes take us back to when they subjected this nation to hardship by using public fund.

        Engr. Ezenwenyi Stanley Chidiebere

                                                              Lagos