Transition: FG team submits report to Buhari committee

Vice President Namadi Sambo on
Monday told members of the
Transition Committee set up by the
President-elect, Muhammadu
Buhari, that he and ministers that
served under President Goodluck
Jonathan were open to
questioning.
He said members of the Federal
Executive Council were ready to
respond to queries and questions
that might be directed at them on
how they had administered the
country between 2011 and 2015.
Sambo made the promise while
presenting the handover note
prepared by the transition
committee he chaired to the
Ahmed Joda-led Buhari’s transition
committee.
He told Joda and other members of
the committee that the report
captured all government activities
in the last four years.
He said, “The handover notes of the
Federal Government of Nigeria of
this administration between 2011
and 2015 have been properly
articulated and printed.
“The permanent secretaries of each
ministry have signed each page of
this report to authenticate it and it
is our pleasure to present it to you
and pray that it will guide you,
guide the incoming administration
towards the achievement of
positive objectives, development
and progress of Nigeria.
“I want to add that all of us are
always available, after this report
between now and May 29, anytime
you need to meet with us, we are
ready to come and sit and clarify.
“All the ministries, departments
and agencies will also be ready to
meet with you, give you any
additional information or
clarifications that you would want
to have on this report that we are
presenting.”
In his response, Joda said his
committee would study the report
before final submission to the
incoming Buhari’s administration.
“It is my honour and my privilege
to receive this comprehensive set
of the reports from the government
transition committee which was
chaired by the Vice President.
It appears that nothing has been
left out. It is now our challenge to
do a careful study and examination
of what is contained in these
volumes,” he said.
It will be recalled that Buhari and
the All Progressives Congress had
at different times accused the
Sambo committee of not co-
operating with the committee led
by Joda.
Joda himself had, while presenting
his committee’s report to the
President-elect last week, accused
the Federal Government of hiding
useful information from them.
Buhari was widely reported to have
said that he had so far been kept in
the dark regarding the state of the
nation which he is taking over on
Friday.