Prof Itse Sagay has said President Muhammadu Buhari will be tougher during his second term so as to combat Indiscipline within the ruling elites
This is according to the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay who was scathing in his opinion of the bodies.
Therefore, he noted that he believes if the Incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari comes back for a second term, then he would seek to set up a tougher and firmer government, more akin to the one he had in 1984 during his military presidentship.
This, Sagay said is to counter and rectify the gross indiscipline within the ruling elites.
In an interview with Independent, which was monitored by NIGERIA NEWS, Prof Itse Sagay explained: “It is not that I have consulted him but I believe that his second coming will see a firmer, stronger type of leadership, a bit closer to what he was in 1984.
“I think that is what Nigerians should expect because this country is suffering from gross indiscipline of the ruling elites. We have seen a whole lot of impunity in the system.
“We have seen a whole Senate being closed down because one of them is going to a Tribunal before which he is charged. That to me is gross indiscipline.
“That is gross indiscipline and it is unacceptable. We have other things like that in other sectors. It is indiscipline for a group of judges to give a judgment that no matter what crime they commit, they cannot be tried unless the National Judicial Council (NJC) gives the go-ahead through the institutions created by the constitution to fight crime and prosecute those charged with crimes. That is indiscipline.
“So, we have a situation in this country where everybody is doing whatever he likes. Very soon, you will find the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) prescribing that if they commit any offence, they should be brought before the NBA Disciplinary panel before they can be charged by the police. Various professions that have disciplinary panels can bring that in.
“Even the policeman can say before you can charge me for bribery or any other offence, let the Police Service Commission (PSC) decide. That is chaos and anarchy. So, I think all these things will be brought under control in his second coming.
“They have forgotten that this country was wrecked and ran aground by the PDP. They have forgotten that the PDP government looted everything that was available and left an empty treasury at a time when money that was coming in was limited bythe cost of a barrel of oil and reduction in production.
“So, this government has gone through extreme difficulty to keep Nigeria afloat. However, that era is coming to an end and an era of prosperity is coming. So, one is really looking forward to the second term of Buhari and Osinbajo.”
