In a joint statement by former Ministers in the immediate past administration signed by former National Planning Minister, Dr Abubakar O. Suleiman, they urged President Muhammadu Buhari to desist from casting aspersion on the former President while also deliberately maligning him and his laudable achievements.
They insisted that former President Goodluck Jonathan should be praised and respected for his ‘monumental achievements and the innovative measures it adopted to tackle corruption in the country’. They insisted that contrary to the claim by the APC, Jonathan did not encourage corruption but rather devised means and measures to stamp out corruption within the context of the rule of law.
They stressed that as a former President of the country, President Jonathan deserves respect from President Muhammadu Buhari.
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They pointed out that while Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress had the right to chart their path, they considered the vilification of the Jonathan’s administration as ill-intentioned, unduly partisan, and in bad faith.
They declared that it was wrong for the new administration to portray each and every member of the Jonathan administration as corrupt and irresponsible.
The former ministers who boasted that they served Nigeria diligently and to the best of their ability, pointed out that the results of their sweat was what Nigerians were enjoying under the Buhari administration and should be so applauded rather than being vilified.
While calling on Buhari to carry out the probe of whoever he wants to probe, the ministers advised that such inquiry must however follow due process and respect for human rights.
The statement said: “We, the ministers who served under the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration, have watched with increasing alarm and concern the concerted effort by the Buhari administration and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to condemn, ridicule and undermine the efforts of that administration, in addition to impugning the integrity of its individual members.
