The drama that attended the formal presentation of the report of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force to President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday shocked many observers of our national tragic-comedy.
Two members of the task force, Messrs Steve Oronsaye and Ben Oti, openly accused the chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, of not following established protocol of "carrying all members along"; the chairman retorted that his accusers turned themselves to absentee members by not attending meetings. President Jonathan commendably played the statesman by urging aggrieved members to turn in their reports and comments formally if they had any contrary view.
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