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The National President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, (AYCF) Yerima Shettima has told the president five things he should do to push the country forward in his administration.
Upon assumption of office, the president already made some appointments and signed some bills into law.
Part of which was relieving Abdulrasheed Bawa of his duty as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, INEC, and Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, amid other reform policies.
He also vowed to change the economic and security template of the country.
Addressing newsmen, AYCF National President, Yerima advised the president to focus on five things that would make the country better.
ECONOMY
Shetimma urged the President to to end states’ dependency on the federal allocation, saying that states must be made to pay taxes to the centre.
“Though our economy is very bad, the centre can’t hold, state governors should go back to their state and begin to harness their resources.
“If possible, the constitution should be amended rather than depend on federal allocation, states should be useful by ensuring the payment of tax to the centre, so that the burden will be lesser at the centre now,” he said.
AGRICULTURE
In Agriculture, Shettima admonished Tinubu to look into diversification of the country’s economy by putting Agriculture in the hands of capable people.
He said “Beyond looking for oil, they should diversify the economy by looking at Agriculture. Let’s have people who know what it takes, even if it means bringing expatriates on how to make agriculture so that that sector can do better.
“This government must ensure that our educational sector must be very functional by allocating good money there and supervising it properly, not like the case of Buhari who put people there without any supervision,” he said.
OPENING OF BORDERS
According to him, the president should open more land borders for trade facilitation and movement of goods.
“Tinubu should open up the land borders for import and export, though with restrictions. The Customs, Immigration and those responsible should know that it won’t be business as usual.
“This will help in ensuring that we don’t have a porous border where everything comes in and goes out,” he said.
SECURITY
He advised the president to focus more on security by channeling more resources in that area.
.He noted that the sack of the Service Chiefs and immediate replacement was a sign that Tinubu was determined to tackle insecurity.
He said “Tinubu is an advocate of restructuring and true federalism, but he might not want to do it directly. For instance, what happened yesterday, was one of the best things he has done by sacking those Service Chiefs.
“This is a clear indication that he is all out to confront insecurity by bringing fresh ideas and people to tackle it.
“Making Ribadu his NSA was a good thing because he is very principled and does not tolerate corruption, not because he was a former EFCC Chairman, but because he’s a no-nonsense person. So, I’m sure we are progressing in the area of insecurity.”
ANTI-CORRUPTION
Shettima advised the president to show more determination in fighting corruption in the country.
He said: “We can see from his body language that Tinubu is out to fight corruption by bringing Bawa to book; but beyond him, there are others like governors who served under the last administration who should be brought to book on account of what they have done.
“Somebody like Hadi Sirika must be brought to book and made to explain that last-minute scam because that’s an abuse of our sensibilities as Nigerians. ”