President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the vision of the founding fathers of Nigeria has not been realised.
Gatekeepers News reports that Buhari stated this at the public presentation of a book titled, “Unfinished Greatness, Envisioning A New Nigeria,” written by the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, which held at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja.
Buhari was represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari,
Buhari added that more intellectuals were needed in governance for a better Nigeria.
He said he has a high regard for Fayemi because of his intellectual works that are helping in building the country.
“The vision of our founding fathers has not been realised.
“The book will help in the governance of the country.
“Fayemi was part of the team that helped bring me to power and he was part of the transition committee.
“So, governance should be a combination of people of intellectuals and people that are experienced in governance. That makes the country to move forward. We need a combination of experienced people and the academia who identify the needs of the society.
“Mr President is of the view that the more we have people of experience, the more people can get it better,” Gambari said.
The governor of Kano State, North West Nigeria, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, while speaking earlier, said people often see politics as a dirty game, adding that it is not.
“Politics is not a dirty game.
“We are witnessing intellectualism in governance and intellectualism in politics. There is no doubt, this is a welcome development. It is good for intellectuals to take a role in politics because they analyse and lead the people because there is always conflicting variables.
“In Nigeria, intellectuals are afraid of governance because they see politics as a dirty game. But politics is not a dirty game. There is a connection between intellectualism and governance,” Ganduje said.
