Jonathan Transition Committee Is Drawn To Ensure Safety For ‘Team Jonathan’ – Garba

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………. Says the committee is a trickish one

The Director, Media and Communication of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Garba Shehu, has said that the transition committee, set up by President Goodluck Jonathan was trickish.

Shehu, in an opinion article, which he released on Sunday, said Jonathan’s committee was constituted by “the worst of our prejudices.”

Shehu, also warned the President elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to be careful about its choice of people who would constitute its own version of the committee.

He said that politicians should be excluded from the committee to be set up by Buhari which in his view should be driven by technocrats.

Recall that outgoing President Jonathan set up a committee expected to meet with the one to be set up by the President-elect, General Buhari (rtd.), ahead of the May 29 handover.

But Garba Shehu said that, “The President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has earned an incredibly high amount of goodwill following his acceptance of the outcome of the election, which itself had the effect of de-escalating tensions not just among Nigerians but all over the continent.

“But the President’s committee on transition and handover looks to be a trickish one. It seems to be like one drawn to ‘massage’ the numbers and ensure safety for ‘team Jonathan’.

“Some names on that list have certainly made the eyes pop out of their sockets. In the President’s list, you have men and women who reflect the worst of our prejudices; men and women who have made themselves the mouthpieces for everything regressive.

“This is one reason why President Buhari and his party cannot be too careful on choosing who they will give their part of the assignment to. There is no room for complacency in doing this either. Nothing that puts the new government at a risk should be allowed to happen.”

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