We are not on Witch-hunting mission- Buhari tells transition committee

The President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has charged members of his transition committee to refrain from witch-hunting anybody or going on a fault finding mission.
Buhari gave the charge as he inaugurated the 19-member in Abuja on Wednesday, adding that his administration will not engage in witch-hunting because he recognises that government is a continuum.

Appreciating members of the committee for their willingness to serve, the President-elect said that changing from one government to another involves complicated operational challenges, necessitating the incoming government to understand where the outgoing stopped and where to start from.

 

He said: “This assignment though onerous, it is well within your ability to accomplish, you are required to assess the information provided to you and advise me on its quality and accuracy.”
“It is a simple matter but you must have the right information if you are to shape appropriate policy decisions. Needless to repeat; that your committee and our government are not to witch-hunt or engage in fault finding.
“We want the facts and nothing but the facts, what has been done cannot be undone, our job is to learn from the mistakes of the past in an attempt to avoid similar errors.
“The time given for you to complete your assignment, two weeks, is short but because of the postponement of the election for six weeks from February 14 to March 28, the transition period has been truncated, we are obliged therefore to fast track steps to May 29.”

 

He however reminded members of the Ahmed Joda committee that not witch-hunting does not mean they should ignore essential aspects of their work.

On the chairman of the committee, Buhari said Joda is one of the surviving links between first republic civil service and the present day, encouraging members of the committee to prepare for hard work because Joda can be exerting at work.
Responding on behalf of the members, Mallam Ahmed Joda appreciated the President-Elect for considering them worthy of the assignment.
He said: “We as a committee are determined to do the best we can within the time that is allowed to accomplish your wishes and to make it possible for you to achieve your vision and all that you wish for our country.
“When I met you and you briefed me about this assignment, about the composition of the committee, I did observe that I’ve never served on a committee so weighty like this.
“I have people who are distinguished in their professions, who have their own enterprises and have their own businesses to look after and even serving governors and people in active service to the service of your incoming government and to the service of our motherland.”
According to Joda, the committee is committed and willing to work long hours to deliver on their tasks.
“I promise you that we’ll do our best because we are not only serving you, we are serving our people. We are going to try to begin to lay the foundation for a strong country where justice and peace prevail.”
Other members of the committee included Dr. Doyin Salami, Adamu Adamu,Wale Edun, Mrs. Bola Adesola, Dr. Festus Odumegu and Mrs. Nike Aboderin as well as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Oyegun.

 

Others are Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Boss Mustapha, Sen. Hadi Sirika, Dr. Ogbonaya Onu, Alh. Abubakar Malami, Gen. Lawal Jafar Isa, Mohammed Hayatudeen, Solomon Dalong, Prof. Tam David West and the national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
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