'Buhari’s govt failed woefully and he's now living in regret' - Solomon Dalung

Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung has stated that his former principal, former president Muhammadu Buhari is regretting his alleged failure of his administration to tackle Nigeria's problems.

In an interview with Trust Radio, Dalung stated that the Buhari administration failed to fulfil the promises made to Nigerians during the 2015 campaign.

Dalung added that Buhari's allies have “dragged his name in the mud.”

He said: “We failed to meet our expectations, and I am not hypocritical because as a major stakeholder who campaigned vigorously in 2015 and went to the nooks and crannies of the north, of all the promises we made, we fulfilled none of them.

“The political covenant we had with Nigerians while campaigning was that we were going to address the security situation; we were going to revamp the economy; and we were going to give corruption a major technical blow so that we could minimize it to the barest minimum.

“Looking back, reflecting and evaluating the situation as it is today, we failed woefully. He (Buhari) is a very honest man who believed that everybody around him was an honest person, he brought them and trusted them. Today, I believe he is living in regret.

“They have dragged his name and integrity not only into the mud and they’ve reduced his image.”

Dalung concluded that the APC administration of 2015 and 2019 recorded a modest progress, since “insecurity was not as worse as it is currently.”

He added: “Banditry and terrorism got minimized in terms of attacks, but it’s still flourishing, the complete change of dynamics in the security situation worse than ever before in the history of this country, and is a remarkable failure and indictment too on the APC, because these were not part the democratic covenant they had with Nigerians”.

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