Former Jigawa governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido has criticised former president Muhammadu Buhari and other participants of the last National Council of State meeting over the vote of confidence on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The former governor who is also the People Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, in a statement posted on his official Facebook handle, going by a testimony of a 17-year-old boy on a viral video clip for a wheelbarrow pusher noting that is “Nigeria any conscious?”, criticised the past heads of state.

According to the PDP leader, “By the testimony of this lad, he is 17 years old; he has been pushing wheelbarrows ferrying loads for a living for the last ten years. The maximum amount he had ever made in a day was Two Thousand Naira.

“Incredibly at the age of 7 years, he chose to push wheelbarrow to support himself and his poor family rather than go into crime which is a very tempting thing for a boy of his age. But more worthy of commendation is the manner his parents rooted this lad in cultural values,” he said.

Alhaji Sule Lamido maintained that “His show of gratitude for the support/gift of Ten Thousands Naira given him with a ‘dubale’ prostrating on the ground says a lot about the character of his parents. They are indeed very honorable people”.

Lamido noted that; “Now coming to the reason for his post is this lad shows that the boy was born just about the time when Goodluck Jonathan was about to assume the presidency. So he (the wheelbarrow pusher) was born under the environment of full-blown democracy with basic expectations of the goodies of life spanning through Jonathan, Buhari, and now President Tinubu’s time”.

“Today, there are millions of boys like this lad rooming our streets all over Nigeria without any certainty of any future but that of doom.

“Every indices of a failed leadership is now manifesting clearly. Nigeria is turning into a nation of hopelessness and helplessness. Pain and agony are now the norms of life.

“In the just concluded National Council of State meeting, those assembled there were the ones who have been at helm of our affairs this lad was born into.

“For those who may not know, the National Council of State is made up of; the President and Vice President, all former Presidents, Chief Justice of Nigeria, all former Chief Justices, and all State Governors; all others gathered there are only in attendance. Therefore every situation we are in, good or bad was caused under their watch, and are responsible for it,” Lamido emphasised.

“Ironically rather than allowing Nigerians to pass judgment on their collective performance in the last sixteen years, it is they who are patting their backs in adulation of their performance.

“Passing a vote of confidence on the performance of President Tinubu and by extension on there’s shows a clear disconnect between the people they are leading.

“This lad pushing wheelbarrow for a living will dam be hard put comprehending the meaning of ‘vote of confidence’! He will simply ask, has Nigeria any consciousness?” he added. (Tribune)

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