The presidency today warned the President-elect Maj. Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd) against forming a parallel government and overheating the
polity.
Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Sulaiman who briefed state
house correspondents at the end of weekly Federal Executive Council
(FEC) meeting, said through its actions and utterances, the incoming
government was overheating the polity and carrying out actions that may
undermine the powers of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Sulauman, who is also the sub-committee Chairman of the federal
government’s transition committee, said the federal executive council
(FEC) rejected the term of reference brought before it by the transition
committee of Buhari.
“We did receive from in-coming government’s transition committee some
terms of reference which we looked at critically. And council did
agree that Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan remains head of the current
government of this country. The incoming 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 (upon) most of the statements, most of the
provisions and council members are advised to work in line with the
terms of reference of the current government.
“Council members are also of the view that the terms of reference as
formatted by our transition committee should be strictly complied with.
“When the incoming government takes over government, they can come
out with their programmes; they can come out with their own agenda;
they can decide to come out with policies with the way they feel like.
“This government remains resolute to the various programmes and
projects it’s pursuing and the government will continue to do that
until the morning of May 29.
“While Council enjoined members to be steadfast, Mr. President also
enjoined members to come out with programmes, projects to be
commissioned, that needs to be inspected and members in council should
work as government, should 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.
“These are issues before the transition committee; these are issues that were raised on transition programme.
“I want to tell you that as at yesterday (Tuesday), the chairman of
the incoming transition committee Mallam Ahmed Joda conferred with the
chairman of the transition committee of the current government, Vice
President Namadi Sambo. They had a very robust discussion and they are
working together as a family and I want to believe for the good of this
country things will work.”
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