Over recent weeks, there have been long petrol queues across the country as scarcity of refined fuel has led to most outlets having to ration supplies. In response to the crisis Dr Kachikwu has told the public he is not a magician, urging them to persevere with the government, promising them that the matter will be resolved by the end of April.
Apparently appalled by his seeming lack of empathy and manifest arrogance, Asiwaju Tinubu attacked Dr Kachikwu, the minister of state petroleum, adding that his comments saying he as not trained as a magician, were particularly insensitive. Asiwaju Tinubu said he wondered why a public servant would talk down on those he was meant to serve.
Asiwaju Tinubu added: “I am confident that President Buhari and this government can resolve the issues that press us. From establishing full security and safety to staking a claim to true economic prosperity and fairness, this government shall salvage our national pride and purpose.
"The art of governance is difficult and complex, especially during trying times and the steep reduction in global oil prices from over $100 per barrel to roughly $40 presents a hard challenge. We can no longer afford past practices as Nigeria now requires creative reform, materially changing the substance of national economic policy as well as the objectives of that policy and how the policy is presented to the people."
Adding that he is confident the government will turn things around, Asiwaju Tinubu said that President Buhari's task was made harder because of the corrupt machinery of government he took over. He added that the present government would also address other problems including addressing full security and ensuring economic prosperity and fairness, hence why he attacked Dr Kachikwu for not reflecting this.
Asiwaju Tinubu added: "The Buhari administration represents the last best hope we have to install such governance in Nigeria and avert the catastrophe that would have befallen us had the prior government remained in place. Had the nation continued with the spendthrift corruption and vagabond economic policies of that administration, we would have soon experienced such a collision with the harsh consequences of that government’s malign ways that our very institutions of government may have been distorted beyond fixture and repair.
"Perhaps the statement by Kachikwu was made in a moment of unguarded frustration or was an awkward attempt at a joke. Whatever the motive, it was untimely and off-putting as the remark did not sit well with the Nigerian people who were as right to feel insulted as the minister was wrong to have said such a thing."
He pointed out that the fuel shortage is severely biting for the average person who is forced to remain in lines far too long, for too much time, to pay too much money for too little fuel. According to Asiwaju Tinubu, Dr Kachikwu was basically telling Nigerians that they should be lucky that they are getting the inadequate supply they now suffer and that they should just be quiet and endure the shortage for several weeks more.
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