Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah has said his
party, APC, underestimated the damage done to Nigeria by the last
administration when they offered change during the campaign last year.
According to Na'allah, the present hardship being experienced by many
Nigerians is as a result of the problems created by the last
administration. He said this in a new interview with
Daily Trust
"I am a Nigerian first before becoming a senator and therefore, if it
worries Nigerians, I should equally be worried. But, the thing is that I
don’t have the authority to speak on behalf of my party. It is equally
true that I don’t have the authority to speak on behalf of the Senate.
But, as a citizen and as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
from the perspective I have seen things, it is obvious that the APC led
federal government underestimated the damage that was done to the
country when they offered themselves to provide the change Nigerians
required. Therefore, it is expected that lots of things would not work
so easily; Nigerians would not see certain things in the perspective
from which they were. The important thing is that the problems were not
created by the APC-led federal government, they were created by
Nigerians themselves for failing to act when there was the need to act.
Therefore, the cleaning process must definitely be painful. It may not
be understood by all, but the important thing is that based on the
promise of the party to reposition the country and save it from its
past, certain decisions that are painful must be taken. That explains
why, of course, there will be hues and cries all over the place. It is
expected, I do not see any reason why anybody should expect less than
that. Again, I am aware the government is making effort to do whatever
is humanly possible to reduce those sufferings. But, again, government
has to act within the constitution, law and machinery of governance and
the established norms of doing things in government"he said
