Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Garus Gololo, has described as a charade short of reality in the Nigerian economy the series of sectorial briefings put together by the Federal Government to showcase the achievements of the one-year in office of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Gololo, who expressed disappointment over the poor performance of some cabinet ministers during a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, said that Tinubu should immediately reshuffle his cabinet to save the ruling party from further embarrassment.

He described the presentations made by the ministers during the briefing as fallacy, stating that they were diversionary. He cited as an example the ‘dry farming project’ presented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari.

“We have taken our time to listen to all the papers presented and without mincing words, I can tell you unequivocally that President Tinubu assembled jokers except Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Minister of FCT, and the Minister of Health Mohammed Ali Pate, those their CVs are red through the achievements they had carried out within a few months. For me, Wike and Ali Pate do not need to go to the ‘tea party’ at the radio house. These two have shown their mettle”.

The former BoT member of APC, pointed out that the minister of agriculture has continued to lie to Nigerians about dry farming ongoing around Nigeria, specifically in the southern part of the country while appearing on the national television.

“Can someone please ask him to be candid about it and to mention specifically at what point these projects are ongoing so that some of us can go and see? It has been all paperwork and rhetoric. While they take turns reading the wordsmith’s job, the masses go to the market and struggle with the high price of food items.

“The minister of agriculture is from my zone and I singled him out because I supported his appointment not until he showed no capacity. The price of fertilizer is nothing to mention now,” he stressed.

Meanwhile, Gololo has thumbed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) demand for N494, 000 minimum wage, pointing out that the amount is commensurate to address the price of items in the market in line with the present value of the naira.

He also took a swipe at the “nepotistic tendencies” of the Tinubu administration, citing the need for a better Nigeria. He recalled the damage former President Mohammadu Buhari caused Nigeria in appointing family members to key positions during his time, noting that such should not repeat. “Recently we witnessed the sack of over 200 northerners by the CBN governor and it seems each Nigerian government has a peculiar agenda far from the one for the unity of Nigeria”. (Daily Sun)

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