Buhari's Aide Reveals Real Reasons Why the National Confab Report is Being Ignored

Babachir Lawal has dashed the hopes of
Nigerians urging Buhari to evaluate and implement
the reports of the national confab organised by
former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
SGF, Mr. Babachir Lawal, has reiterated that the
current administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari is not focused on members of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.

The statement made during an interview by
Vanguard has become a subject of debate by
Nigerians. Lawal however didn't give further details
about the action by the government which has
been heavily criticized.

He went further to comment on the reports of the
2014 National Conference organised by the
Goodluck Jonathan administration which Buhari
has been advised to consider in the governance of
Nigeria.

He stated Buhari was too busy to study the report
of the National Conference, Lawal said: “The
government has not taken a decision on the 2014
National Conference. I understand that some
Nigerians want it implemented but the government
has been too busy with key areas of governance to
talk about an exercise that we thought was
essentially diversionary and a sort of, maybe, a “job
for the boys.”

“If you remember, it was reported that almost
everybody in the committee got N7 million and we
consider it essentially as job for the boys. They
probably produced a document that is good and
commendable but I mean, this government is too
busy with very more vital areas of governance and
we are not intending to spend our time reading
reports.

“The exercise of governance is not about reading
reports. The reports are here, so many volumes
that, for example, it would take me like seven days
to go through and I wonder what happens to my
work while I am reading it; while the economy
needs attention, unemployment is there, insecurity
is there, people are blowing up pipelines and so
on.”