The
Federal Government of Nigeria has been told to soft-pedal on Appointments alone
and instead concentrate on raising committees for monitoring Government
projects. Barrister Abubakar Yesuf gave the advice in Lagos during a short
press Briefing held at his Ikeja Law Office. He declared that a situation where
there are abandoned projects scattered all over Nigeria with everyone seemingly
interested only in appointments does not augur well for the country. “We have
to start thinking of sustainable legacies, not to eat, eat and eat alone”, he
stated. “Let Government for once raise committees to monitor people who are
given responsibilities”, he charged.
How the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan frittered away the nation’s scarce resources is beginning to spill out – despite the shrill insistence by ex-Finance Minister, Okonjo Iweala that the records sheet were clean! Information pieced together by our investigators show that several paramilitary Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Interior shared a record 10 billion each for the purpose of influencing the March 28 General Elections in favour of the defeated incumbent. However, things did not go down well with the ranks and file during the sharing. Outgoing Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Boss (name withheld) was said to have misappropriated the huge booty by allegedly pocketing 5 billion for himself, while declaring the other half (5 billion) as the sum total. The bone of contention was that while the rank and file received 40,000 each some key associates close to the big guns went home with a hefty slice. Causing the rumble.

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