President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has no intention of probing the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Presidency said on Saturday night
There have been insinuations that President Jonathan may be planning to investigate some of the ex-president’s cabinet members. Obasanjo had also given what was thought to be a hint when he recently demanded that instead of probing members of his administration, Jonathan should probe him since as the head of that government, he was responsible for any flaw of his cabinet. But presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati has denied the probe intention.
“The Presidency is constrained to state once again that there is no truth whatsoever to rehashed reports in the media today that President Goodluck Jonathan intends to order a probe of the Obasanjo administration because of the former president’s ‘constant’ criticisms of the Federal Government,” Abati wrote in a statement/.
“President Jonathan remains fully focused on the urgent tasks of assuring peace, security and stability across the country to create the right conditions for rapid socio-economic development and will not be distracted from this objective by futile attempts to drive a wedge between him and other respected elders and leaders of his party.
“The president has nothing but the greatest respect for Chief Obasanjo’s very notable contributions to national growth and development over many years and far from taking offence or seeking retaliation, will always welcome objective criticism and advice from the very highly-regarded elder statesman.”
According to Abati, President Jonathan regards his administration as a continuation of the unbroken chain of Peoples Democratic Party-led governments started by Chief Obasanjo in 1999, which have worked tirelessly to entrench democratic governance and achieve rapid socio-economic growth in the country.
“Rather than order a pointless probe of his predecessors, he will continue to do his utmost best to build on the solid foundations for national progress laid under previous PDP administrations,” he added, imploring that such speculations be dismissed because they are products of the fertile imagination of mischievous political jobbers.
