Muhammadu Buhari has constantly lost support in in the last few months after his one year in office as president of Nigeria
His supporters, who have become desolate, have now began to make use of every platform to express their frustration in the government
A report by Premium Times says Nigerians who supported President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 election, are now, not only disappointed in his government, but apologising to other citizens who they may have convinced to vote for the All Progressives Congress at the period.
Many of these former supporters are not happy and think that the president lacks the political will and capacity to fight the many challenges he inherited and for which former President Goodluck Jonathan was booted out of office through the election.
The report said Feyi Fawehinmi, one of the staunch supporters of President Buhari, said through his Twitter handle: @Doubleeph, recently apologised to Nigerians and expressed his disappointment.
In an article published by The Scoop and quoted in the report, Fawehinmi said: “It is possible that I convinced a couple of people to vote for Buhari and the APC.
“I have nothing in common with such people and yet I somehow donated money to them and canvassed people to vote for them. I will freely say that this is one of the biggest lessons I have learnt in my life so far.
“If I convinced even 10 people to vote for Buhari, then I owe them an apology. For not properly interrogating the people who offered themselves as the solution to Nigeria’s problems.
“Not because it would have made a difference but because it was the right thing to do. Nigeria was always the point.
“If enough of us had done this, perhaps the APC would not have the confidence to be walking away so blatantly from the product it sold during the campaign as it is doing today.”
He said the president was giving the impression that unless oil prices go back up significantly, there is really nothing that would come out of the government.
“The ‘smart’ people who were supposed to lead sensible reforms and drive the change agenda have been reduced to actors in a silent movie.
“I feel sad and ashamed at the way things are unfolding…The government that promised change is now so bound up in politics that changing anything is practically impossible even when they know the thing is not working.”
On his Facebook wall, Oluseun Onigbinde, the lead partner of Nigeria’s budget and public policy analysis platform, Budgit, quoted Fawehinmi thus: “Maybe I have not been bold to say it here.”
He then apologised: “To put my entire reputation online for anybody when I am not guaranteed access to tell you my mind, I won’t do it again. I apologise too.
“We will continue to help this government in the way we can because Nigeria First. We just need to be honest that we exaggerated the expectations of Buhari but it was two poor choices we had. We have to admit how to fix that.”
After May 29, 2016, Buhari’s rating began to drop drastically across the country. Many of his supporters, who once supported his appeal to Nigerians to give him time, began to recoil.
Many Nigerians have been surprised that one year after the administration came into existence, its officials have continued to make promises.
Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, are among prominent Nigerians that have expressed worries and advised the government,
Recently, while speaking during the graduation ceremony of the Course 24 of the National Defence College, Abuja, the president noted that he would fulfill the promises he made before becoming president, but admitted that it would be a tough task.
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