By Garba Shehu
THE ENORMOUSLY popular talk show, Berekete on WazobiaFM radio, Abuja
He
hadn’t been paid salary for seven straight months. He came home to find that no
one had eaten and two of the children had medical prescriptions for which there
was no money.
President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo
He
sneaked out without talking to anyone.
After
a long while, news came home that he had strangely been caught with a stolen
goat.
On
his day in court, the teacher confessed to the offense. The reason he stole, he
told the local judge, was that he hadn’t been paid for seven months and when he
got home to see what he saw, he just couldn’t stand it.
The
judge allowed him to go home on bail on self-recognition given, as he said, the
good impression the entire village had of the otherwise respected teacher.
All
were shocked to find his body dangling from tree the morning after. He couldn’t
live with the shame.
In
the recommendations and notes the Ahmed Joda transition committee presented to
him as President -EIect, Muhammadu Buhari was informed that a section of the
Fedaral government as well as 27 states hadn’t paid salaries, in some case for
up to a year.
The
Joda committee advised that this was a national emergency and should be treated
as such.
It
is on account of this that one of theactivities- please note the choice of this
word:activities, not achievements- of President Muahammadu Buhari in these past
three months is the settlement of unpaid salaries. This is going on right now.
