A SOCIO-political group, Good Governance Initiative, GGI, has described as laughable the speech made by the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London.

In a statement issued yesterday by its Director-General, Dr. Sunny Osa, the group said “though it was clear that the retired general was reluctantly reading a script prepared for him by those who see him as a tool to actualize their selfish political goal, the delivery was fraught with a deluge of irregularities and fallacious promises that are unrealizable”.

Osa  argued that the retired general was bereft of ideas pertaining to the nation’s macro-economic indices and could not give categorical answers to salient economic questions to convince his audience including Nigerians present at the occasion as to how he would turn around the fortunes of the country.

He said, “Why go to Chatham House to deliver his speech and not NIIA if they are not deceitful? This is a man who could hardly stand for more than five minutes at every political rally to deliver his speech but stood for over 30 minutes in Chatham House making fallacious promises. If for anything, I view Buhari and his cohorts’ appearance in Chatham House as a tragic epic movie, deceitful and a move calculated at currying sympathy where there is none.  What was the electoral value of the Chatham speech, who do they wish to impress?  During his speech, Buhari could not hide his ill-feelings for those he has perceived as enemies who he aims to vent his wrath on should he secure his presidential ambition. Nigerians should ask themselves why he is contesting for the fourth time having been rejected thrice by the same Nigerians.”

The GGI, therefore, urged Nigerians both within and in Diaspora to be vigilant and discerning and to disregard the smokescreen appearance of the general and his agents of economic destabilization and vote them out during the forthcoming March 28, general elections. According to him, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan deserves all the supports needed to actualize his transformation agenda for the country.