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It’s not too late to save Nigeria from disintegration
–Ojikutu
A former Lagos state Deputy Governor, Alhaja Sinatu Aderoju
Ojikutu, has reiterated her call for the establishment of The
Truth, Restitution and Recovery Commission to heal all the wounds
inflicted as a result of ethnic and political differences in order
to put the country on the path of economic recovery and growth.
Ojikutu made this assertion in Lagos on Tuesday in reaction to
the Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar’s parley with some stakeholders across
the country with the call on the President Muhammadu Buhari to
secure the country in view of the hunger and the anger in the
land.
Ojikutu, who was the first woman to be elected Deputy Governor
in Nigeria during one of her interventions last year December on
the state of the Nation had posited then that there was urgent need
to unite the country before the 2019 general election in order to
douse the tension in the land.
The media parley which was widely reported hinged her call for
the Truth Commission on the desperation among the political leaders
across the country.
During the intervention, she was quoted to have said, “We are on
the brink of disaster and we should not sit on the fence and watch
Nigeria tip over. I look at Nigeria’s situation and it is giving me
a sleepless night. I find what I abhor on the left and I find what
I detest on the right.
“We may all be thrown into the Diaspora because of the ambition
of some people, if care is not taken.
“There are no saints in Nigerian politics. I mean among all of
them. We have PMB (President Muhammadu Buhari) with integrity but
without economic prowess. “Most of the people around PMB are
tainted, will not let him know the actual on happenings. So, we
must have a truth, restitution and recovery commission.
Give a time frame for people to come out willingly and return
what they have stolen, let the lifestyle of every political office
holder, past and present, be scrutinized and those who cannot
account for their wealth should be made to return whatever is
assessed above their legitimate earnings which might have been
stolen.”
Ojikutu said the truth commission would give Nigerians the
opportunity to open their minds and have a clean start because the
truth would come out and it would give room for the wounds to be
healed, adding that this was the way to return the country to the
path of glory.
The former Lagos State deputy governor urged Nigerians to do
everything possible to ensure the country was not thrown into
disarray because of the ambition of some individuals.
Now that the uncertainty is staring us in the face, Ojikutu said
it is not too late to return the country to the path of peaceful
co-existence as the spate of insurgents, kidnapping and banditry
which is threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria is becoming
increasingly alarming!
She also corroborated the Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Mustapha Magu who said that grand
economic manipulation and corruption is fueling insecurities.
Ojikutu also posits that appointees, public office holders
should not be celebrated until the end of their successful tenure
with the list of achievements in public domain, adding that though
congratulations are in order, but buying several pages in
newspapers to celebrate appointments that have not recorded any
landmark achievements is the foundation for unethical patronage
which will ultimately lead to grand corruption.
“All past public office holders should be identified with
respect to offices they headed and should be held accountable for
the rot in the system and the infrastructural collapse to projects
executed during their tenure.” She said.
She, however, counseled that this position should not be shut
down unceremoniously as to do so will lead to unimaginable
regret.
“It’s my considered opinion that many past office holders and
beneficiaries of their misdeeds are the main invisible forces
behind current insecurities and past failed government policies
have successfully corrupted the entire populace. Now is the time to
take the bull by the horn and bring it all out in the open
otherwise, it’s a revolution which will do no one any good; except
the looters with their foreign bases. Why not avoid unnecessary
bloodshed as no revolution is ever peaceful!”
Signed
Chief. Mrs Sinatu Aderoju Ojikutu
( Alhaja)
First Elected Female Deputy Gov (1992-93)