He said the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma; and the Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, should be axed for the economy to be effectively rebooted to deliver on the change agenda of the present administration.
Melaye said, “At the moment, it must be crystal clear to all discerning minds that the President’s widely-acclaimed magical body language has lost its presumed aura and efficacy. His no-nonsense demeanor is equally neither instilling fear nor commanding respect and loyalty from among his cabinet members.
It is therefore obvious that the time for barking is over; now is the time to bite and boot out all those who have demonstrated, in the past several months, a crass lack of capacity to effectively carry out the functions of their office.”
He also condemned Buhari’s economic team led by V.P Osibanjo, saying that “their decisions will not be and has never been respected by the economic managers and the bureaucracy in Nigeria.”
He urged the President to, instead, constitute an ‘Emergency Ad Hoc Economic Team’ made up of all former ministers of finance, ex-ministers of budget and national planning, ex-CBN governors as well as members drawn from the academia with “deep knowledge of developmental economics to drive the economic revival programme.”
He said, “The President must immediately transit from mere rhetoric to drastic but positive action to save the economy and Nigeria from total collapse. The hunger in the land is real, pervasive, widespread and debilitating for the poor masses.
As I walk the streets of my constituency these days, I constantly harbour a foreboding that I could be stoned for the failure of Mr. President to fulfill his campaign promises. Nigeria is tottering on a dangerous precipice, sliding perilously to a certain catastrophe if something isn't done now.” Cc: Punchng
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