Member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal
constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie has called on
President Muhammadu Buhari not to forget that ‘what goes around comes around’.
According to him, if the president decides to be unfair to his predecessor, he
should expect similar treatment when he leaves office.
“Just like the opposition must be constructive in
criticizing the government in power, the sitting government owes its
predecessor, itself and the wider Nigerian public the moral and social duty of
acknowledging the positive accomplishments of their predecessors,” said Okorie,
in a statement issued in Abakaliki.
The lawmaker also lamented that President Buhari has been
all over the media celebrating Nigeria’s one year polio free anniversary
without any reference to former President Goodluck Jonathan and his policy team
that totally achieved the feat
“The Jonathan
administration introduced cutting edge anti-corruption technology-based Public
Finance management tools including IPPIS, GIFMIS and TSA, which the present
government is now laying claim to ghost workers elimination, funds
accountability and transparency monitoring, without giving credit
appropriately.
“The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has also
announced that the Abuja rail project, conceived and implemented by the
Jonathan administration is 67 percent completed. This credit should also be
formally attributed to the past government.
“I hold the view that the Buhari administration should
imbibe the necessary humility and courage to give credit as necessary even as
it continues to put the out-gone government to task in established areas of
weakness or malfeasance. That is leadership. I also appeal to the media as
social engineers to also encourage the Presidency in this onerous
responsibility. We owe posterity that much”
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