By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
A member of Board of Trustee (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Ismaila Ahmed, has said that Nigerians should hold the President and his party leadership responsible for all the promises made during the 2015 presidential election campaign.
Speaking in Abuja at the weekend during an interactive session with Nigerian students and youths organised by the Citizen Support for Good Governance in Nigeria (CSGGN), Ahmed told the presidency to be open to criticisms, adding that the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration must convince Nigerians with its performances.
“As a government, we have to be open to criticism. Some people are not happy, people have to express their frustration, people have to express their anger, we cannot and we should not have a problem with that.
“We campaigned all through because I headed the youth wing during campaign, I knew from day one that it was not going to be an easy task, even the President knew it won’t be an easy task. So, the responsibility is not for us to start promising anymore because we are two years into the administration.
“This administration has to convince us by its own performance and not its own promises anymore. We have made promises during campaign, now we have to act on those promises and that is what the President will continue to do.” continuing, he said:
“Our responsibility as member of this party is to tell Mr. President you can choose who you can work with but we will make sure that we can hold you and those you appoint to account, how you do that work because of the promises we made outside.
“So, feel free and ask us questions about what you feel is wrong with this administration. We will take it up with them. What we can do, we will do, where we make mistakes, we will admit we made, but the essence of governance is welfare of the people.”
