Politics
I’m Not Sure Buhari Met Nigerians’ Expectations -Aisha
President Muhammadu Buhari has done the best he could for Nigeria, says his wife, Aisha Buhari, though admitting that she is unsure if he has met the “high expectations” of Nigerians in the past seven years.
Asked why she recently apologised to Nigerians on behalf of her husband, Mrs Buhari said she sought Nigerians’ forgiveness because she was not sure President Buhari’s regime had met the yearnings of Nigerians.
“The expectations on us were so high, and maybe after seven years, we haven’t met their expectations. Only God knows what is in somebody’s mind,” Mrs Buhari told BBC Pidgin in an interview published last Friday.
The Nigerian first lady added, “As a human being, you can’t say you are right, or you have done what you should, so the government has really tried. The administration did its best, but (it) may not be the best for others. So, we must apologise to Nigerians whether we met their expectations or not.”
In her previous public apology, at a special Juma’at service and public lecture to mark Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary, Mrs Buhari had sought the forgiveness of Nigerians over her husband’s failure to develop the economy, having spent almost eight years in office.
The first lady acknowledged that the naira’s helpless fall in her husband’s tenure had subjected many citizens to untold hardship. The policies of Godwin Emefiele, appointed by President Buhari to man the Central Bank of Nigeria, had yet to impact the economy positively.