Random Illusions With Deji: PMB Na Only You Waka Come?

By Adedeji Arijeniwa ... It is no longer news that the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) and his entourage paid a state visit to his white house counterpart, President Barrack Obama in The United States of America some weeks ago. It could be recalled that an invitation from The White House was received at the Aso-Villa, which propelled President Muhammadu Buhari and his thirty-man delegate to make a long trip across the Atlantics in honour of the invitation During the meeting between this duo, reports had it that many issues were tabled for critical discussion. Some of the issues tabled by PMB before Obama ranged from security, economy, and corruption, among others. It was reported that PMB had seek the cooperation and assistance of the US government in tackling the security challenges facing the North-Eastern part of Nigeria where the Boko Haram insurgents have been spreading like wildfire. Another important discussion was in the area of recovering looted funds, which PMB estimated to be in the region of N150 billion dollars scattered in foreign accounts all over Europe and America. However, after returning from the states, many Nigerians are of the opinion that the president should endeavor and see to it that his trip to the US is not a waste of time. According to some analysts, the said visit would bring about $13.6 billion investment in the Nigerian economic sector. This, of course, will be the perfect time for PMB to assure Nigerians that this journey to the West will not be another failed expedition as we have had in the past tenures. This should not be another ‘paper policy’. His voyage to the US should be used as a platform to bring about the desired ‘change’ in the economy, security, and other sectors of the Nation. Our economy should not be praised only on the front pages of National dailies, when an average minimum-wage earner cannot afford a two-square meal. This should not be the case again in this tenure. Nigerians are tired of ‘living in the dream’; it is time to actually ‘live the dream’. PMB should do all that is humanly possible to follow-up the goals of his visit to the US. This time around, it would be ‘embarrassing’ to only see figures rising on papers and official documents while in reality, there is nothing to show for it. After all, seeing is believing. Although I know, he is not a wizard of the first order, or a warlock who can do the ‘impossible’, but this should not be an excuse to relent his efforts. Many Nigerians are watching and patiently waiting to see whether ‘na only Buhari waka come, or he carry change come from America’.