Interestingly, President Goodluck
Jonathan yesterday responded to calls for the probe of his administration.
He said any probe by the incoming Muhammadu Buhari administration should
not be limited to his administration.
Speaking during the valedictory
session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa in
Abuja, he said that those calling for a probe of his administration should
ensure that the same treatment applies to other administrations before him.
Jonathan said such probe should
cover how oil wells and fields were allocated in the past.
Limiting the probe to his
administration, he said, will amount to witch hunting.
Said Dr Jonathan: “Some people
are even calling for the probe of this government. I agree in Nigeria there are
a number of things that we will probe, very many things. Even debts owed by
states and this nation from 1960 up to this time, they say it is Jonathan’s
administration that is owing all the debt.
“I believe that anybody calling
for probe must ensure that these probes are extended beyond the Jonathan
administration; otherwise, to me, it will be witch hunting. If you are very
sincere, then it’s not just the Jonathan’s administration that should be
probed.
“A number of things have gone
wrong and we have done our best to fix them. The Attorney General is aware of
massive judgment debts. If we aggregate all of them, it’s almost going to $1
billion. How did we come to this kind of huge judgment debts?
“These issues should be probed.
How do you allocate our oil wells, oil fields, marginal wells and all that; do
we follow our laws? All these should be probed. And I believe all these and
many more areas should be looked at.”
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