Two time military administrator and All Progressives Congress (APC) kingpin in Kebbi State, Col. Inuwa Bawa (retd) has maintained that corruption would be tackled by the Buhari administration despite inestimable characters who might be around the presidency.
While reiterating that the government will not waste its time probing those who had embezzled the nation’s resources, he said those found to have misappropriated money in the course of running government would be held accountable. The former governorship aspirant in Kebbi State insisted that every part of the country must be carried along in the incoming Buhari regime for it to be successful.
Decamping to APC from PDP is a sad development
The exodus of the PDP into the APC is a mark of indecency and it is a sad development. It is even more painful the way and manner they were received by APC members; receiving them with pomp and funfair as if there is any good they are bringing to the party. Commonsense should dictate that most of the people have their own personal motive for jumping the ship. They should ask themselves whether if Goodluck had won the election, they would have dumped the PDP. Definitely they wouldn’t. So these are fair weather friends and we should be very careful with them. More so the more they flock into the APC, the more the party loses its identity. Some of them that crossed over are now gunning for positions at the state and federal levels. This is really disgusting when people who have been with the party from the onset have not even gotten anything.
It is good the President-elect and the Secretary General have spoken on the need for the people to remain in the opposition. These fair whether friends cannot lead us anywhere, so there is need to be careful with them, Now that the ship of PDP is sinking, they are scampering to come to the APC, so how is APC sure that the mess that destroyed the PDP will not switch over to the APC and it would suffer the same fate. I was happy when I read that the chairman of APC in Zamfara and one other state that said for the next two years it’s doors have been closed to decampees. Decency demands that even if you decamp to a party, they allow the government to first work for one or two years. If they see positive changes, then they can conclude that they have been wasting their time in the former party, then they can say their coming over is to help salvage the country together.
It was God that compelled Jonathan to call and congratulate Buhari
I agree that it was very good of President Jonathan to call the president-elect even before the final result was announced, to congratulate him. Whether he did it on his own volition or he was influenced does not really matter. That helped to douse a lot of tension. If we remember the mock dance we witnessed by the former minister of Niger Delta, Orubebe which was part of the orchestrated plan to scuttle the announcement of the result. I think one thing we should first acknowledge is the role of the Almighty God in the 2015 election. No human being should arrogate to himself that he was responsible for the fair and violent free 2015 general election. Nigerians of all religions sat down and prayed for so many months and God in His infinite mercy answered their prayers and that is why God compelled Jonathan to make that phone call. Otherwise, only God knows what would have happened. There were a lot of predictions about how it would go, but to the surprise of everybody, though there were pockets of violence in some places, but it was not to the scale people expected. So we should thank God for making it possible. Yes, Jonathan did well to concede defeat which was obvious anyway, but to say he needs to play any special role close to government is uncalled for. Well, he would be an ex-president and a member of council of states and he would have ample opportunity in contributing towards solving any major national issue. I think that is okay for him. ,
Probing is inevitable
Buhari did not say he is not going to probe anybody. What he said is that he is not going to waste his time to start dwelling on probe to cause distraction because there are so many issues that need his attention. He said any ongoing case in court concerning corruption will still go on, and that in the process of governance, if anybody is found to have corruptly enriched himself, action would be taken against such a person. I agree entirely with him on this, rather than saying immediately he is sworn in, he will set up a team that will start probing people. How many people will he be probing? It is when a government is in place that revelations will start coming in. People will have to be called upon to clarify issues.
There must be a very strong team to look into the economy. People with economic acumen I believe are already looking into the general economy of the country and how to run it successfully. It is the priority now. I did not read where Buhari said they will make education free at all levels but maybe some individual did. If he did say so, he must have his reasons.
But for me, to make any promise now will be a hitch because we are not sure of the economy. The latest we have is that our foreign reserves have depleted and so many other things have gone wrong. We should give the government about three months to go look into the books and find out exactly how the economy is. We know it has gone bad but it is not too bad that we cannot run this country.
Source:THE SUN
