Sheik Gumi, made the assertion during an interview with the New Telegraph, also noting that the President Buhari administration is doing its best, but the best he can offer is not good enough for the country.
He said: “It is like a student I used to have. He studies, do his homework and reads but when the exams come, he fails. The problem is not that he is not trying but that was his capacity.
“The same thing is the problem of the present administration. Truly, they are doing their best, but their best is not good enough. What they need to do is to give chance to someone with the capacity to deliver.”
Reacting to the cleric's comment, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), the Director, Strategic Communications of President Buhari’s Campaign Organisation for 2019 presidential election, described the statement as a personal opinion.
Keyamo pointed out that the cleric does not represent the views of the generality of ordinary Nigerians, adding that it would have been appropriate for Gumi to use available facts about the state of the economy and efforts of Buhari’s administration at tackling insurgency as the yardstick for analysing how government has performed.
“Nigerians have gone beyond the era of blanket criticism. We have gone beyond that stage. After a criticism, Nigerians will want to know how best to tackle a situation being criticised better,” the lawyer said.
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