The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari,
on Thursday said that despite his best of intentions, the President
Goodluck Jonathan-led administration misunderstood the activities of the
Ahmed Joda-led transition committee.
Buhari said this while receiving an interim report of the committee at the Defence House, Abuja, on Thursday.
He expressed disappointment that the
outgoing administration refused to provide the committee the information
it needed to carry out its duty.
The President-elect said, “It is not
that we are preparing for indictment. What we are trying to get is a
starting point, where exactly are we going to start from?
“We have seen the debt profile now and
the performance of the economy. The question is what can we do about it?
Especially the urgent ones like social security, lack of fuel in the
country and fraud. The list is endless.
“I thank you (committee) for what you
have done and I hope that the subsequent submission by the government
will make your job easier and more efficient and tell us where to begin
from.
“What we expected was for the outgoing
government to make a presentation to this committee and for this
committee to study the document and make submission to the incoming
government.
“For your single-mindedness, you went to work.
“But unfortunately, this committee is
accused of being against the Federal Government. From then on, this
committee was constrained to take this initiative and breaking into
various sub-committees and assigned various task to study the most
important issues nationwide and see what they can put on record.”
Buhari said he expected that each
ministry would make a presentation to the Joda-led committee to make
things easier for both parties.
Buhari assured the committee that he and
members of his team would find time to read the interim report and when
the outgoing government decided to present its own report it would be
cross-checked and merged.
Earlier, the Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress Transition Committee, Joda, had complained that
the government committee headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo refused
to provide them with information to work with.
He explained that the committee had to rely on its own initiative to cover the grounds it had so far been able to cover.
Joda further explained that the
committee prepared and presented its interim report without any input
from the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration.
He, however, explained that his
committee was hopeful that the Jonathan committee would make a
presentation to it today (Friday).
The committee chairman, who led other
members to the Defence House, said when they eventually get the input
from the Jonathan team they would build it into the final report to be
submitted to Buhari after inauguration.
The chairman also complained about the shortage of time as well as manpower because of the enormity of work.
He said the committee received
contributions from Nigerians especially those who had served the country
both in the private and public sector in various fields.
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