The 2014 Confab report will be
not be considered by the Buhari-led government, the presidency has said.
Despite calls from some quarters that the
report should be considered and implemented, the presidency on Sunday, October
1, ruled out implementation of the report.
Speaking on a programme on
Channels TV for Nigeria’s 57th Independence anniversary celebrations, the
senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, said
despite heavy criticisms against the confab, the Goodluck Jonathan administration
went on with it.
Giving reasons why the federal
government Shehu said: “Because 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.
“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.”
The presidential aide blamed
those who failed Nigeria in the past for the agitations in the country.
“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,” he said.
Shehu said Buhari’s government has advised
aggrieved people in the country to take their grievances to the National
Assembly which has the constitutional backing to address such concerns.
He wondered why the people cannot trust the
National Assembly with such responsibility as lawmakers are Nigerians and are
serving the purpose of representation.
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