President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the new Governors-elect to discharge their campaign promises or risk being voted our during the next election cycle.
Buhari made this call, on Monday, during a meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum in Abuja.
Prominent Nigerian and global leaders, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at an induction seminar for incoming governors organised by the NGF, advised the new governors to deliberately pursue economic growth and good governance.
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Speakers at the seminar included Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Amina Mohammed; former Senate President Bukola Saraki; entrepreneur and philanthropist, Tony Elemelu; and United States Charge D’AfFair, David Greene.
The president said one interesting development that Nigerians witnessed in the last election was the maturity of the electorate.
He stressed that the citizens were increasingly finding their voices.
Buhari said;
Any public officer, who fails to either meet up with the expectations of the people or deliver on his campaign promises would be voted out in the next election. That is what democracy is about. Deliver or get shown the door out.
I enjoin the forum to promote ideals that will address the challenges of democracy and governance in our country today. The role of the sub-nationals is critical in our socio-economic development as a nation. Your proximity to the people gives you the privilege to have an instant pulse on their needs and challenges and yours is to devise creative and judicious means of addressing the myriad of issues that confront them daily.
As returning or incoming state executives, you also must be cognisant of the comparative advantages inherent in each of your states, and how you can form partnerships with each other, by leveraging your various strengths while recognising that there is no one size fits all solutions.
I also bid you to take this opportunity to unite across party divides to put the country first. Nigerians desire peace, progress and security. A country, where they have access to quality education, health and social services. Your ability to champion these values significantly impacts the atmosphere, wherein the delivery of social goods and services will be conducted efficiently and harmoniously.
