The All Progressives Congress (APC) has repeated its accusation for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The party said that current government is not collaborating with the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, transition committee, while defining Olisah Metuh, the PDP spokesman, as a sick person contempt for the truth.
This was contained in a comment by Lai Mohammed, APC National Publicity Secretary, released in Abuja on Thursday, May 14.
APC said that no part of information as to the status of governance from any Ministry, Department or Agency of government has been given to its transition committee.
The statement reads: “If that qualifies, in Metuh’s lexicon, as cooperation, then there is a problem somewhere. We dare Metuh or anyone for that matter, to controvert the fact that not a line of handover note has been handed over to our Transition Committee. Until then, Metuh has egg on his face.”
Te party restated its previous advice to PDP spokesman to immediately initiate a crash course in how to be an opposition party spokesperson so he won’t talk or write himself into evitable trouble in the days ahead.
The APC admonished Metuh to always cross-check the information accessible to him in order to removed gossips from facts, saying had he done that, he would not have released the statement in which he tried to cast aspersion on the APC by blaming it for ”fabricating lies” over the issue of the Jonathan government’s non-cooperation with the Buhari’s transition committee.
The party stated that Metuh decided to put his foot in his mouth when he latched on to the statement made by APC transition committee chairman, forgetting that in making his comment, the chairman was only acting the statesman that he is by not saying anything that will put the federal government in bad light.
It said: “A discerning party spokesman, rather than a rabble-rousing one, would have understood the elder statesman’s stand for what it is instead of using it as a peg to issue a needless, hollow statement that puts his party and government in bad light. We had decided to allow sleeping dogs to lie, but now that Metuh has stirred the hornet’s nest, it is time to put out the facts for Nigerians to judge.
“What happened was that, following the request by our Transition Committee to meet with them, they invited us to what was the first formal meeting between both Transition Committees. But the meeting was a mere photo-op, as it yielded nothing concrete as far as handover notes are concerned.
“In fact, what we met at the so-called meeting was far worse than what we had thought. Whereas we had hoped to get their handover notes on May 14th (the date they had indicated to us informally), they told us point blank that the notes won’t be ready until May 24th. Because this date falls on a Sunday, that means we won’t be getting the handover notes until May 25th, just four days before the May 29th handover date. How do they honestly expect us to peruse thousands of pages of handover notes, ask pertinent questions and seek necessary clarifications within four days? Because we want a smooth transition, we asked if we could meet with some of the ministers pending the release of the handover notes, but they said no. When one of their members even suggested that the whole process be fast-tracked, they did not budge.”
Meanwhile, the APC assured Nigerians that whether or not the Jonathan government cooperates with it during the transition, the party will live up to expectation by giving meaningful governance.
It should be noted that the Council of state ruled that the president-elect will receive handover notes from the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan om May 28.
The information was disclosed by Babangida Aliyu, the governor of Niger state.
The APC has also called for immediate arrest and prosecution of Chief Olisa Metuh following accusations that he was inciting post-election violence.
The party said that current government is not collaborating with the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, transition committee, while defining Olisah Metuh, the PDP spokesman, as a sick person contempt for the truth.
This was contained in a comment by Lai Mohammed, APC National Publicity Secretary, released in Abuja on Thursday, May 14.
APC said that no part of information as to the status of governance from any Ministry, Department or Agency of government has been given to its transition committee.
The statement reads: “If that qualifies, in Metuh’s lexicon, as cooperation, then there is a problem somewhere. We dare Metuh or anyone for that matter, to controvert the fact that not a line of handover note has been handed over to our Transition Committee. Until then, Metuh has egg on his face.”
Te party restated its previous advice to PDP spokesman to immediately initiate a crash course in how to be an opposition party spokesperson so he won’t talk or write himself into evitable trouble in the days ahead.
The APC admonished Metuh to always cross-check the information accessible to him in order to removed gossips from facts, saying had he done that, he would not have released the statement in which he tried to cast aspersion on the APC by blaming it for ”fabricating lies” over the issue of the Jonathan government’s non-cooperation with the Buhari’s transition committee.
The party stated that Metuh decided to put his foot in his mouth when he latched on to the statement made by APC transition committee chairman, forgetting that in making his comment, the chairman was only acting the statesman that he is by not saying anything that will put the federal government in bad light.
It said: “A discerning party spokesman, rather than a rabble-rousing one, would have understood the elder statesman’s stand for what it is instead of using it as a peg to issue a needless, hollow statement that puts his party and government in bad light. We had decided to allow sleeping dogs to lie, but now that Metuh has stirred the hornet’s nest, it is time to put out the facts for Nigerians to judge.
“What happened was that, following the request by our Transition Committee to meet with them, they invited us to what was the first formal meeting between both Transition Committees. But the meeting was a mere photo-op, as it yielded nothing concrete as far as handover notes are concerned.
“In fact, what we met at the so-called meeting was far worse than what we had thought. Whereas we had hoped to get their handover notes on May 14th (the date they had indicated to us informally), they told us point blank that the notes won’t be ready until May 24th. Because this date falls on a Sunday, that means we won’t be getting the handover notes until May 25th, just four days before the May 29th handover date. How do they honestly expect us to peruse thousands of pages of handover notes, ask pertinent questions and seek necessary clarifications within four days? Because we want a smooth transition, we asked if we could meet with some of the ministers pending the release of the handover notes, but they said no. When one of their members even suggested that the whole process be fast-tracked, they did not budge.”
Meanwhile, the APC assured Nigerians that whether or not the Jonathan government cooperates with it during the transition, the party will live up to expectation by giving meaningful governance.
It should be noted that the Council of state ruled that the president-elect will receive handover notes from the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan om May 28.
The information was disclosed by Babangida Aliyu, the governor of Niger state.
The APC has also called for immediate arrest and prosecution of Chief Olisa Metuh following accusations that he was inciting post-election violence.
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