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…Says INEC, security personnel, others must act responsibly
By Henry Uche
Embittered by the current unprecedented sad economic realities, the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) has expressed sadness over the excruciating pains of Nigerians in recent time following the Monetary Policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), of currency redesign, coupled with the scarcity and high cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as fuel.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos after its Board Meeting yesterday, the president of the Association, Mr. Manason Garkuwa Rubainu, maintained that it was obvious that Professionals were not involved at every given stage of the recent economic policies and implementation.
According to him, world leaders who meant well for their citizens always engage experts in their administration particularly at every given time of policy design, planning and critical decisions that affects the masses for the welfare of theirs citizens, saying: : The ideas of professionals in different fields of life make significant difference in results obtained”
APBN president affirmed that only if the government at the center had engaged professionals in its administration, things wouldn’t have been worse.
Recall that under President Buhari led -administration, Nigeria is enmeshed with over N44tr debt burden with its ballooning debt servicing (Nigeria still borrowing), low productivity, high unemployment and underemployment, epileptic power sector, hyper – galloping inflation, intimidating exchange rate, decayed infrastructure, incorrigible corruption, blooming insurgency, feeble private sector among others.
“To be honest, professionals are not given their rightful place in the event of things in the country. Governance is certainly service delivery and such service are globally delivered by professionals.
“Government should adequately exploit the potential of professionals. Professionals have a duty to render specific services to the citizens at both private and public sector. The CBN has the statutory right to do what they did, but the planning and implementation was poor. If you want to get the best, you must engage experts who understands the situation and know exactly what to do for a desired result”
On February 25 general elections, Rubainu who appreciated INEC’s effort to ensure free, fair and credible elections said it was not yet uhuru as it’s expected of them, the security personnel, foreign and local observers as well as other stakeholders to conscientiously act responsibly.
“INEC, security personnel and others must deliver this elections with utmost sense of responsibility and dedication. Politicians too must be responsible and respect the rules. We urged citizens must be responsible too.
On his part, the immediate past president of APBN, Surv. Akin Oyegbola urged APBN members to always resort to the Umbrella body when and where necessary.
Oyegbola who expressed optimism in the Association asseverated that APBN has been working for the interest of its members and would sustain such mandate. “We are 32 in number, and we consciously recognize that we are here for each other, and we are working to give every member profession body its due recognition” he posited.
