FG not cooperating on transition – APC

The APC is claiming the Federal Government is not coperating with their team towards a successful transfer of power come May 29.
In a Statement in response to remarks by a presidential aide who said the APC should talk less and plan more for the nation.
Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs,
Prof. Rufai Alkali, who made the remark on Wednesday, also accused the APC of trying to stampede the president out of office.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim had told State House journalists then that the committee would interface with the president-elect’s transition committee on the May 29 handover event.

“After we have collected our own briefs from the MDAs and then we put them together, we will then interface with the other committee (of the APC) so that whatever clarification they want, the questions they have, then we will be able to address them”, Anyim had said.

However, in a statement yesterday, National Publicity Secretary of the APC Alhaji Lai Mohammed wondered how his party could plan anything when the government has refused to cooperate in ensuring a successful transition
He said:

“As we write, the Transition Committee of the FG has yet to hold a single meeting with our own Transition Committee, neither have they given us a line of handover note.“As a matter of fact, the Jonathan administration has said the handover notes will not be ready until the third week of May, meaning just a week before the handover.“What time then do we have to scrutinize the handover notes? How can we plan when we don’t even know which projects they have, which ones they have completed and which ones are outstanding?“How can we plan when we don’t even know how many barrels of oil are sold per day?

“While their inauguration committee has been meeting with ours, their transition committee has yet to even meet with ours.“How then can Prof. Alkali justify his statement that the Jonathan administration has been in a ‘transition mode’?“Is it part of their transition mode that President Jonathan has been engaged in a rash of feverish last-minute appointments that, though may not have breached any known law, are patently in bad faith, morally repugnant and indecorous.

“They say they are in office until May 29th, but pray, are appointments the only function of government?“Are there no problems crying for attention, such as the intractable fuel scarcity, the worsening power situation, the grounded economy and the missing Chibok girls?”APC said in as much as the Jonathan administration is bent on provoking the incoming administration, creating confusion and even sabotaging the transition, the party (APC) has decided not to fall for their antics in the interest of peace.

“They must however realize that being in opposition is not a walk in the park but like running a marathon in the desert where there are no oases or shades. The sooner they realize that, the better for them,’’ Mohammed, who is a member of the APC transition team, said.He also criticised the Minister of Power for “reading the riot act” to the incoming government, not to even consider reversing the power sector privatization because its gains were “very obvious’’He said if power sector reforms had been successful, Nigeria’s power situation could not have hit its lowest point in a long time.