THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has said all actions taken by President Goodluck Jonathan since the result of the March 28 presidential election was announced will be investigated by General Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
The APC said it might do this, notwithstanding earlier resolve that the incoming administration would not get itself bogged by an endless probe of activities of the outgoing administration.
In a statement issued in Lagos by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, the party said “all actions taken since the result of the March 28 presidential election was announced may come under the searchlight.”This was as it decried the reported allegations of last-minute looting of the nation’s resources, hurried recruitment into the public service and rushed privatisation of key financial institutions by the outgoing administration, warning that such action, which it described as egregious, would have serious repercussions on the country.
“For example, the National Council on Privatisation, headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo, has just approved the financial bid opening for transaction advisers for the privatisation of the three development finance institutions (DFIs) in the country – the Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry and Nigeria Commodity Exchange.
“The question is: What is the rationale for rushing this exercise with just weeks left for this administration?” the party queried.
Speaking further, the APC said it had also been inundated with calls and messages by concerned Nigerians, alerting it to the unscrupulous actions of some officials of the outgoing administration.
The party said with the outgoing administration remained in office till midnight of May 28 and governance in the country would not stop because a new president had been elected, it was incumbent on the outgoing administration not to create any more problems for the incoming one than it had already done.
“Also, there have been reports, yet unrefuted, of a planned hurried recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, after a previous attempt ended in a national tragedy and the fleecing of innocent job seekers by mindless Federal Government officials.
“Apart from the fact that this last-minute recruitment is suspect, it is irregular. The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPSB) is only empowered to recruit, promote and discipline only senior officers (levels 8 and above).
“The power to recruit, promote and discipline junior officers is vested in the different services, in this case the Nigeria Immigration Service.
“Therefore, the recruitment exercise now being conducted by the Federal Civil Service under the auspices of the Presidential Committee to Assist on Immigration Recruitment usurps the functions of the board as it relates to recruitment of Senior Officers (level 08) and that of the Immigration Service as it relates to Junior Officers (levels 07and below),” the party said.
Source: Tribune
The APC said it might do this, notwithstanding earlier resolve that the incoming administration would not get itself bogged by an endless probe of activities of the outgoing administration.
In a statement issued in Lagos by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday, the party said “all actions taken since the result of the March 28 presidential election was announced may come under the searchlight.”This was as it decried the reported allegations of last-minute looting of the nation’s resources, hurried recruitment into the public service and rushed privatisation of key financial institutions by the outgoing administration, warning that such action, which it described as egregious, would have serious repercussions on the country.
“For example, the National Council on Privatisation, headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo, has just approved the financial bid opening for transaction advisers for the privatisation of the three development finance institutions (DFIs) in the country – the Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry and Nigeria Commodity Exchange.
“The question is: What is the rationale for rushing this exercise with just weeks left for this administration?” the party queried.
Speaking further, the APC said it had also been inundated with calls and messages by concerned Nigerians, alerting it to the unscrupulous actions of some officials of the outgoing administration.
The party said with the outgoing administration remained in office till midnight of May 28 and governance in the country would not stop because a new president had been elected, it was incumbent on the outgoing administration not to create any more problems for the incoming one than it had already done.
“Also, there have been reports, yet unrefuted, of a planned hurried recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, after a previous attempt ended in a national tragedy and the fleecing of innocent job seekers by mindless Federal Government officials.
“Apart from the fact that this last-minute recruitment is suspect, it is irregular. The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPSB) is only empowered to recruit, promote and discipline only senior officers (levels 8 and above).
“The power to recruit, promote and discipline junior officers is vested in the different services, in this case the Nigeria Immigration Service.
“Therefore, the recruitment exercise now being conducted by the Federal Civil Service under the auspices of the Presidential Committee to Assist on Immigration Recruitment usurps the functions of the board as it relates to recruitment of Senior Officers (level 08) and that of the Immigration Service as it relates to Junior Officers (levels 07and below),” the party said.
Source: Tribune
