The immediate past President,
Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed why he was not able to implement the 2014
Confab report.
Jonathan said it was because time
was too short for him to do so, as the report was submitted in the twilight of
his administration.
Jonathan’s explanation was
contained in a goodwill message he delivered on the occasion of Integration
Summit Roundtable in Abuja.
According to the former
President, the 2014 Confab report held the key for reshaping and consolidating
the necessary common grounds and shred values needed to move the nation
forward.
Jonathan said the 2014 confab
held the answers to most of what Nigerians were agitating for today, adding
that his administration did not have enough time to implement the conference
recommendations, given that the report was submitted to him in August 2014, a
few months before the 2015 general elections.
He said, “I am aware that some
people have raised some issues with the fact that I did not implement the
recommendations of the confab during my tenure. I would like to state that
those making this kind of claim are not being fair to me.
“Such people tend to forget that
the report was submitted in August 2014, few months before the last general
elections. It was at a time that the National Assembly was on break with many
of the members already retreating to their different constituencies to prepare
their constituents for elections.
“I believe that to have a tidy
procedure of implementation, it would have involved committee deliberations,
public hearings and town hall consultations on different segments of the
report. There is no doubt that the nation then needed up to one year to
complete the processes of implementing the recommendations.
“It was obvious that my
administration, given the time the report was submitted, couldn’t have
implemented the report, before the 2015 elections, without running into ethical
questions.”
He further urged those in
government now to implement the recommendations of the 2014 confab, emphasizing
that agitations have continued because, “we are still trying to discover the
best way to run our republic, so that whatever policies we pursue or projects
we implement as a nation, will benefit the greatest number of our population.
“It was a conference that was
designed to shape our future. Its outcome was meant to be of benefit to the
future generation of Nigerians. Contrary to the claims in some quarters, the
conference was not designed for my own gain or for the immediate benefit of the
participants.
“I believe that those entrusted
with the responsibilities to formulate policies or make laws should take the
kind of decisions that should outlive them, not the ones designed to deliver
instant profits to them.”
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