Abdul-Azeez Suleiman May 21 at 12:32pm

Abdul-Azeez Suleiman

May 21 at 12:32pm

 

BUHARI DISAPPOINTED 

Exactly a week to transition of government on May 29, the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed disappointment with ministers of the outgoing government under President Goodluck Jonathan for their uncooperative attitude towards a smooth handover. 

A statement issued by the President-elect’s directorate of media and signed by Mallam Garba Shehu on Thursday, said Buhari made his feelings known after he received an interim report from the transition committee set up to assist him transit smoothly to the Presidency under the leadership of Alhaji Ahmed Joda. 

Earlier in his opening remarks, the committee chairman, Alhaji Joda, said his committee received tremendous cooperation from members of the organised private sector (OPS), Nigeria’s international development partners, as well as other stakeholders from across the country. 

Joda revealed that the committee worked hard through four sub-committees to arrive at the interim report, adding that, however, the report did not receive any input from the outgoing administration. 

He was, however, optimistic that the final report of the committee would include the input of the present administration, provided it was made available. 

According to the statement, the interim report dealt with issues of good governance vis-a-vis the executive, legislature and judiciary arms of government, including finance, economy, as well as core sectors like agriculture, oil and gas and solid minerals. 

The report also looked at Infrastructure, power, national security, education, health and social welfare which featured in the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were also intensely studied and recommendations made.

Responding, Buhari thanked the committee for doing a 

thorough job and presenting an interim report within the time allocated to it. 

“Buhari, however, expressed disappointment that ministers and other government leaders were not at hand, so far, to brief the committee, but assured that since the bureaucrats who wrote the reports would be at hand after the departure of the politicians, whatever it was would be known eventually. 

He requested the Joda-led committee to be ready to resume work the moment the outgoing government’s handover notes were received. 

Present at the event were APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Chief Bisi Akande, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State.