Aliyu Machika
1 July 2008
The only way to ensure good governance is for the federal government to support the current probes of the past administration which is being undertaken by the National Assembly, the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) has said.
The party added that only the continued probes of the past administration would enable public officers and other Nigerians to realize that the nation's treasury and resources is not meant for a jamboree.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja yesterday, the national publicity secretary of the party, Mr. Emma Eneukwu said that probing the wrongs perpetrated by the immediate past administration of retired General Olusegun Obasanjo was part of the agreement it reached with President Umaru Yar'Adua before joining the Government of National Unity.
According to him, there is more to haste with which former President Obasanjo disposed off national assets towards the end of the administration was than meet the eye. He said that there is no way a responsible government can continue in office without first clearing the rot that pilled over major sectors of the economy.
"We gave President Yar'Adua six conditions before we accepted to participate in government of National Unity. One of the conditions was that all the contracts that were awarded by Obasanjo will be probed and that the sale of the parastatals and corporations which were sold in a hurry at the exit of his administration must be probed as well as punished the culprit. And what is happening now is a welcome development," Eneukwu said.
Speaking on the party's reconciliation efforts, Mr. Eneukwu said that the committee, in a renewed and determined effort towards getting its estranged members back to its fold, has commenced a house to house meeting with aggrieved members of the Party.
According to him, the reconciliation committee chaired by Alhaji Bashir Tofa has broken into sub-committee towards achieving an effective result, adding that, a new strategy is equally being adopted towards getting back its presidential candidate in the 2007 election retired General Muhammadu Buhari fully back to the party.
He confirmed that the ANPP reconciliation committee decided to go the extra mile by visiting aggrieved members in their houses as part of the new strategy to woo them back genuinely in a most acceptable manner to all.
Mr Eneukwu said that supporters of the party would at the end of the day express joy when the reconciliation committee completes its work which he stressed would be far reaching in the overall interest of the members of the party and Nigerians that desire a stronger opposition.
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