The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation Afenifere has recommended President Muhammadu Buhari to make radical changes to policies that are purportedly making life tough for Nigerians.
Afenifere, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, urged President Buhari with completing this work before the conclusion of his government on May 29.
The Pan Yoruba organisation maintained that going by President Buhari’s plea for forgiveness, many Nigerians “may be inclined to forgive Mr. President and change their notions of him” if he can effect dramatic changes in policies that are making life difficult for Nigerians.
Afenifere said: “Many more people may be inclined to forgive Mr. President and change their notions of him if, within the remaining 34 days he has left in the office, he could effect dramatic changes in policies that are making life difficult for Nigerians.
This is possible to do if the President really wants the negative perception of his administration to ameliorate.”
Throwing the posers, Ajayi said: “Among steps to be taken are the immediate payment of the eight months salaries of university dons, decisive action that will permanently halt banditry, kidnapping and sundry terrorism activities in the country.
Allowing those who desire to import fuel to do so for the price of the commodity to come down to less than N100 per litre just as prices of other energies like electricity, gas, kerosene and diesel should come down to about the same N100 per measure instead of about N750 that a litre of diesel now costs.
“To ensure that this is permanent, government can license Nigerians who are into modular refineries to start producing even with tax moratorium while serious efforts are made to bring the four refineries in the country back into production line.”
The group’s publicity scribe further said “efforts should also be made to ensure that those in IDP camps are resettled in their ancestral homes with adequate steps taken to ensure that they are no longer worried by bandits again forever.”