Why Buhari should consolidate on Osinbajo’s achievements

Why Buhari should consolidate on Osinbajo’s achievements

Editor’s note: Festus Ogun, the Legit.ng partner blogger, in this piece, explains why President Muhammadu Buhari should consolidate on Osinbajo’s achievements as Acting President in order to take Nigerians to the promised land.

Festus is a law undergraduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun.

He could be contacted via: festusoguntv@gmail.com.

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"Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power" – Robert Greene

The first of the 48 laws of power postulated by Robert Greene is: "Never outshine your master". Greene, in this book, made series of illustrations and analogies to drive well home his points — that it is quite dangerous to outshine one's master.

Why Buhari should consolidate on Osinbajo’s achievements

At this critical stage of our national history, this issue of outshining master is now of serious concern since it is a notorious fact that the elected Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has appeared to have outshined or is outshining his master, President Mohammadu Buhari, if not in all ramifications.

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But I'll be glad to tell my fellow Nigerians that this outshining is quite very reasonable, sensible and needed in delicate situations like this.

In my view, it has no ugly side effects at all, since outshining his boss is for our national advancement and development and not for any other intention.

Nigeria has been in serious quagmire for a while now since President Buhari was elected in 2015.

Somewhat miraculously, since he left the country for vacation abroad over 50 days ago, things appeared to have turned the other way round, at least in some little ways. The economy is now moving. The hardship level has reduced a bit.

Owing to this kind of development brought about by the President’s absence, some citizens have prayed for Buhari not to return home yet.

They believe once he returns all that have been refurbished by Osinbajo may be utterly disrupted by his presence within a twinkle of an eye. Does this necessarily mean the president is incompetent and not trusted? I don't know. Maybe, the citizens are saying this because of their fear and hatred for poverty and hardship. You know, hardship isn't fun and nice. It's hard!

We must not be in a hurry to canonize Osinbajo a saint and throw stones of blame at Buhari. That will be quite unjust. The duo are both equally responsible for this administration’s shortcomings. Take for instance, Osinbajo, an erudite lawyer, has been the head of the country's economic team from the outset.

And even while he headed our economy, recession has been everywhere. At this period, many of us passed all the blames on the president, without considering the economic team or its leaders, even for once.

Now that the vice-president has made the same economy a little better in his capacity as the acting president, should all the glory be accorded to Osinbajo alone without considering the president too? I smell the aroma of our hot hypocrisy here!

Glory to God, Buhari is back. But, the popular notion that he may come back here to wobble everything for us, shouldn't be the concern. Our ability to put it straight to him on what ought to be done is what remains very paramount.

The president must continue from where Prof Osinbanjo stopped. Now that he is back, taking the right steps at the right time and in the right direction is something he must adhere to.

He should not be 'sleeping' on pressing issues. In my humble opinion, that made Osinbajo to perform so excellently is his adherence and observance of the forgoing instruction.

Additionally, the president should restrain himself from much talking. If my memory is functional, I could recall that before he left for London, the presidency was talking more than acting.

And in a country like ours, we need more action for us to progress as opposed to sweet words. Yet, this does not necessarily mean the president shouldn't address the nation on cogent issues as and when due.

Why Buhari should consolidate on Osinbajo’s achievements

Also, the president should not act as if he's above the law since he and his office are both creations of law. I keep pondering on whether you can be above what created you, the same way man can never be above God, the creator.

Executive lawlessness is not a thing that ought to be condoned in this clime and this is not a stranger in this Buhari administration.

On his war against corruption, I have written vehemently that corruption is not everything. The same way Boko-Haram issue is not everything. The war against terrorism should be fought; corruption should also be fought.

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Above all, our president must learn the art of taking simple instructions; not just from his aides and paid advisers but from ordinary citizens or rather mischief makers.

He should be very ready to put on his humble robe by learning from his vice. From this little period Osinbajo spent as Acting President, Buhari should have spotted few of his mistakes and should be ready to make changes.

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