Elder Statesman Edwin Clark has described the eight-year tenure for former President Muhammad Buhari as a monumental failure, which has set the country back 50 years.
Clark, the leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, was reacting to a book launch by Femi Adesina, a former media adviser to Buhari in Abuja where the former President listed some of his achievements and his regrets.
But Clark fired back in a statement made available to the media, that Nigeria as a country practically collapsed under Buhari.
“What struck me most was the attitude and statement of former President Buhari, who eulogised his achievements as President of the country during the occasion. This, I must say, is contrary to the assessment of the majority of Nigerians of his administration,” Clark stated.
“To most of us as Nigerians, Muhammadu Buhari failed abysmally as President. His administration was full of insecurity, economic collapse, injustice, religious bigotry and lack of direction. The eight years of his administration plunged Nigeria and Nigerians five decades backwards. Even his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, noted as much in his speech at the time when Buhari was eulogising himself.”
