The Presidency has once again stated that it would not
consider the 2014 Confab report, despite calls from many quarters that the
recommendations in the conference be considered and implemented.
Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari, Garba Shehu,
made the statement when he appeared on Channels Television’s programme on
Nigeria’s 57th Independence anniversary celebrations.
According to Shehu, “It was not an inclusive conference. You
very well recall that the leaders of our own party – whether ACN and all of
that and the governors were missing from that conference.
"To make matters worse, the confab was heavily criticised
but the Goodluck Jonathan administration went on with it. This (the confab) was
lopsided in terms of representation, ethnically, religiously, regionally; and
they were insensitive to all of these things and then they want to force it
down the throats of everyone. That is why it’s a problem.”
During his Independent Day speech, President Buhari had told
Nigerians to channel their grievances to the National Assembly which it said
had the constitutional backing to address such concerns.
Shehu added, “The members of the National Assembly are not
aliens and they don’t come from the moon. They are Nigerians and they are
representing definite constituencies in some of the states.
“So, they are serving the purpose of representation. Why
can’t they be trusted?”
The Presidential aide suggested that those behind the
agitation in the country were those who had failed the nation in the past.
“It is not like I have no respect for older people. But
there are people who think that they have messed up this country so much that they
now want to resolve the problems that they created and they are in a hurry to
do that.”
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