Frontline cleric and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Hassan-Kukah, yesterday advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to be distracted from what is on ground on account of too much attention on probe.
Kukah, who doubles as spokesman of the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, gave this charge after a meeting between the committee and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara.
He said though probing treasury looters was important, government must place premium on providing the desired governance.
His words: “There is no such thing as probe in a democratic setting like ours. What obtains is investigation, and once people lead and things are not right, investigation becomes necessary.
“However, in doing that, we must never be distracted from the spectacular actions undertaken by former President Jonathan. He is an individual. I think this whole thing about probe can be ascertained once investigations are concluded. But we are saying that a lot of talks and speculation about this probe are the distractions nobody needs.
“So, the most important thing is that we need a stable country first, before we can talk about these things. And they will have happened down the line”, he said.
Speaking on whether all was well between the executive and the legislature given the committee’s visit to both the Presidency and the National Assembly, the Catholic Bishop said things were not the way they ought to be in the polity.
The cleric said, “Everybody knows that things are not the way they ought to be. We are just trying to encourage people that let’s get on with this business of fixing this country. Let’s get to the business of realising the change that we dreamt of. And also most importantly, let’s get down with the business of co-operating with God so that Nigeria can move forward.
“I think that is what ordinary Nigerians are expecting, this is what they voted for. The truth of the matter is that time is not on our side. Our responsibility is to encourage politicians to do what they were elected to do,” the Catholic Bishop said.
Kukah said the meeting with the Speaker was part of the committee’s consultations which he noted, were aimed at getting a feel from the stakeholders about their thinking of the National Peace Committee and its role.
Kukah, who doubles as spokesman of the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, gave this charge after a meeting between the committee and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara.
He said though probing treasury looters was important, government must place premium on providing the desired governance.
His words: “There is no such thing as probe in a democratic setting like ours. What obtains is investigation, and once people lead and things are not right, investigation becomes necessary.
“However, in doing that, we must never be distracted from the spectacular actions undertaken by former President Jonathan. He is an individual. I think this whole thing about probe can be ascertained once investigations are concluded. But we are saying that a lot of talks and speculation about this probe are the distractions nobody needs.
“So, the most important thing is that we need a stable country first, before we can talk about these things. And they will have happened down the line”, he said.
Speaking on whether all was well between the executive and the legislature given the committee’s visit to both the Presidency and the National Assembly, the Catholic Bishop said things were not the way they ought to be in the polity.
The cleric said, “Everybody knows that things are not the way they ought to be. We are just trying to encourage people that let’s get on with this business of fixing this country. Let’s get to the business of realising the change that we dreamt of. And also most importantly, let’s get down with the business of co-operating with God so that Nigeria can move forward.
“I think that is what ordinary Nigerians are expecting, this is what they voted for. The truth of the matter is that time is not on our side. Our responsibility is to encourage politicians to do what they were elected to do,” the Catholic Bishop said.
Kukah said the meeting with the Speaker was part of the committee’s consultations which he noted, were aimed at getting a feel from the stakeholders about their thinking of the National Peace Committee and its role.
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