Its Too Late For Buhari To Change - Junaid Mohammed

      Dr Junaid Mohammed, a second republic lawmaker of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, has said some things about President Buhari that might interest you.


    Mohammed, in a new interview with Punch talks about the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Buhari, his administration and some other crucial national issues. He also talked about the president’s appointment so far and many more.

Read excerpts from the engaging interview below:

Do you see another crisis in APC over appointments into President Buhari’s cabinet, apart from the current one on National Assembly leadership?

Incidentally, many of them do not know the implication of making Buhari the President. If you want to make somebody a president, you must know his character and you must also accept that he is not going to change at 73 years. People don’t change their character at such an age. If you want a president who will win an election, after which you will go ahead to nominate people for appointments as ministers and those that would hold key positions for him, then, you should not have looked for Buhari.

You should have gone to look for some lousy crooks that can do that for you. I want to assure you; as long as Buhari is the President, there is no way you can change him. And you cannot stampede him because the man is transparent. He is not rich but he always takes the interest of the country to heart. And anybody who thinks that at this age, Buhari who ‘suffered’ from 1985 to 2015, will now bend his principles simply because he wants to satisfy some people within or outside APC is making a mistake. I know him. I know Buhari well enough that he will rather leave the presidency than to compromise his principle and integrity. If he had wanted to compromise his integrity, he should have remained in power since 1985. Now, the country had to go and beg him to come back and he stood to win the (presidential) election after four attempts. As far as I am concerned, we all have to be very realistic.