PROF. Anya O. Anya, the Anya the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia state, has made startling revelations about how President Buhari carelessly destroyed Nigeria by words of mouth.
He stated this while answering questions in an interview with Daily Sun newspapers.
Prof. Anya attributed Nigeria's situation today to ignorance on the part of the president which made foreign investors to hold on and watch events unfold in Nigeria which eventually took a sad toll on the economy.
According to him, ''in 2014, Nigeria was being touted as one of the emerging markets that people should watch; that was going to explode. And at that time, up to 14 billion USD was speculated to be on the way coming to Nigeria. By 2016, we couldn’t get 700 million USD coming. How did it happen?'', he asked
He chided Buhari for his outlandish remarks about Nigerians which the outside world, unknown to him, took very seriously. President Buhari has been quoted as saying by the foreign media calling attention to a publication sometime ago on The Telegraph that Nigerians have a penchant for criminality and was also quoted as saying ''my people are corrupt''
The Professor faulted these remarks and categorically said such remarks ought not to have emanated from a leader of the nation.
His words: ''You see, when you talk about economics, whether it is inflation rate or exchange rate, they are only summaries of patterns of human behaviour. Economics is nothing else than writing about human behaviour and its consequences. So when you get to the point where the leader is saying ‘my people are corrupt’. You’re sending a very powerful message. Let’s forget that God created the world by word of mouth. ‘Let there be light, and there was light’. So power is in the word.''
What Nigerians pass through today is the result of his unguarded remarks. One of the reason why foreign investors have decided to put everything on hold while watching behind the scenes to see how things unfold.
According to him, ''The consequence was that those who were rushing to Nigeria said ‘Ah! Let’s still wait and see what is going on’. And as they are waiting to see what is going on, they are looking inside to see what the insiders are doing. Anybody who had money and wanted to invest in Nigeria; including those who got it legitimately had to be careful now so it won’t appear they are spreading money around. So what happened? Investment stopped within. And because it stopped within, outsiders couldn’t come in. You cannot undo it. And that is why we are where we are.''
The change from tongue-lashing Nigeria has to start with Buhari by being more positive about the country he rules. Nigeria, he said, may not be the most corrupt country in the world after all but the leaders of other countries do not go about washing their dirty linen in public knowing full well what it would amount to in the end.
''Until you change the narrative to a more positive one. Corruption is not a Nigerian word, which means it’s there all over the world. In some ways, the US could be the most corrupt society. But the truth of the matter is that, the leadership is responsible enough to stick to the rules. If you’re unfortunate enough to step out of the rule, you bear the consequences. So people see and think there’s no corruption but there is corruption, the only thing is they manage it. Why is it that we cannot manage our own? In other words, you don’t presume that everybody is corrupt. The lawyers say that everybody is presumed innocent.'', he added.
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