‘What Goes Around Comes Around’, Lawmaker Tells Buhari To Be Fair To Jonathan

Member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to forget that ‘what goes around comes around’. According to him, if the president decides to be unfair to his predecessor, he should expect similar treatment when he leaves office.

“Just like the opposition must be constructive in criticizing the government in power, the sitting government owes its predecessor, itself and the wider Nigerian public the moral and social duty of acknowledging the positive accomplishments of their predecessors,” said Okorie, in a statement issued in Abakaliki.

The lawmaker also lamented that President Buhari has been all over the media celebrating Nigeria’s one year polio free anniversary without any reference to former President Goodluck Jonathan and his policy team that totally achieved the feat.

“The Jonathan administration introduced cutting edge anti-corruption technology-based Public Finance management tools including IPPIS, GIFMIS and TSA, which the present government is now laying claim to ghost workers elimination, funds accountability and transparency monitoring, without giving credit appropriately.

“The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has also announced that the Abuja rail project, conceived and implemented by the Jonathan administration is 67 percent completed. This credit should also be formally attributed to the past government.

“I hold the view that the Buhari administration should imbibe the necessary humility and courage to give credit as necessary even as it continues to put the out-gone government to task in established areas of weakness or malfeasance. That is leadership. I also appeal to the media as social engineers to also encourage the Presidency in this onerous responsibility. We owe posterity that much,” Okorie stressed.

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