A disagreement has broken out between the transition
committees of outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect,
General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as the President accused the Buhari team of
acting like a parallel government and trying to stampede the Jonathan
administration out of office.
Addressing State House correspondents after the Federal
Executive Council meeting, yesterday, Minister of National Planning who is also
a member of the Jonathan Transition Committee, Abubakar Suleiman, said the
Buhari transition team was making impossible demands from the government.
Although he did not specify those demands, he however warned
that the President’s magnanimity should not be construed as cowardice.
He said: “We did receive from the transition committee of the
in-coming government, some terms of reference which we looked at critically and
the Federal Executive Council did agree that Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
remains the current President of this country. The in-coming government should
avoid creating a parallel government while the government is still on.
“We take exceptions to some utterances to some of the terms
of reference that look as if the current government is being stampeded or
intimidated.
“Council frowned at most of the statements. Council members
are advised to work in line with the terms of reference of the current
government.”
Govt cannot be intimidated
According to the minister, after critically examining the
terms of reference of the in-coming government, the government resolved that
all agencies of government must continue their duties till the end of the
regime, adding that government cannot be intimidated.
He said: “This government remains resolute and committed to
the various programmes and projects its pursuing and the government will
continue to do that until the morning of May 29.
“While Council enjoined members to be steadfast, the
President also enjoined members to come out with programmes, projects to be
commissioned, that needs to be inspected and that members in council should
work as government. They should also perform their work without intimidation
and that government, especially civil servants, directors, directors-general
should see this government as the current government and not do anything that
will rock the boat so as not to put this country in a bad light.
Magnanimity should not be taken for cowardice
“The magnanimity of Mr. President should not be taken to be
cowardice and that is why Mr. President and indeed council members enjoined
Nigerian people to see the olive branch extended to Nigerians and international
community as a way of keeping this country intact, as a way of ensuring peace
in Nigeria and as such whatever the outcome of the election, what is important
is Nigeria’s national interest. And that national interest should be protected,
enhanced and promoted at whatever level we are.”
MDAs have submitted hand-over notes
The minister further revealed that most agencies of
government have submitted their handing over reports, noting that “as at April
28, almost all the MDAs that were advised to submit briefs, handing over notes
have submitted, and these have been compiled except for one or two ministries.
“The committee is having on ground right now two versions of
presentations. We have the executive summaries of all the MDAs hand-over notes
and the entire hand-over notes from almost all the MDAs. The transition process
is on course in terms of hand over notes and briefs; we have covered almost 80
per cent of our assignments.”
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