President
Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the immediate release of the full audit report of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, accused of diverting $20 billion
oil money. The president gave the directive Monday, a day after the
president-elect Muhammadu Buhari, pledged to launch an investigation into the
claim made by a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi.
Read full statement from the presidency below:
We have noted with concern, the allegation by the spokesman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed that officials of the
Federal Government are engaged in “last minute looting of the nation’s
resources, rushed privatization of key institutions and hurried recruitment
into the public service”.
We also consider as most unfortunate and uncharitable, the
suggestion by Alhaji Mohammed that the Jonathan Administration is trying to
“tie the hands” of the incoming government merely by continuing to discharge
its constitutional responsibilities until the end of its tenure.
The Jonathan Administration which continues to do its best to
ensure a smooth and peaceful handover over of power to the President-Elect,
General Muhammadu Buhari, deeply regrets the unfairness and combative frame of
mind reflected in Alhaji Mohammed’s statement.
President Jonathan has done his best in the past five years to
discharge his constitutional responsibilities for good governance and effective
leadership of the nation.
Without any prejudice whatsoever to the freedom of the incoming
administration to do as it pleases, within the confines of extant laws when it
assumes office, the Jonathan Administration will continue to discharge its
responsibility to govern until May 29, 2015.
In continuing to fulfil the obligations of his office however,
President Jonathan has not, and will never condone any form of unscrupulous
conduct on the part of state officials.
President Jonathan will also never authorise any attempt to create
any problems for the incoming administration as the APC spokesperson, who ought
to know that the outcome of the March 28 presidential elections does not imply
a cessation of governance, unjustly alleges.
As Alhaji Mohammed threatened in his statement, the incoming
administration will be perfectly within its rights to review all actions of the
present government as it may deem fit.
We see nothing wrong with that. After all, the present
Administration reviewed the actions of previous governments on assumption of
office with resultant benefits for policy and project implementation.
President Jonathan is also deeply concerned by the continuing
suggestions that his administration still has anything to hide about the
unproven allegation that about $20 Billion is unaccounted for by the NNPC
during his tenure.
To lay the matter to rest, President Jonathan in line with Section
7(2) of the NNPC Act, has directed that the full report of the PWC Forensic
Audit of the NNPC accounts be released immediately to the public so that all Nigerians will be
properly informed on the matter.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 27, 2015
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