ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, media adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday reacted to the House of Representatives resolution on Thursday to probe 2015-2017 allocations to Aso Rock Clinic and some media reports dragging the name of Jonathan into it.
Eze told Sundiata Post “I had thought that the media should be the first to remind Nigerians that since Dr. Jonathan left office on May 29, 2015, he had absolutely nothing to do with the implementation of the budget for that year.
“For emphasis, the 2015 Appropriation Bill which was passed by the parliament in April was signed into law in May, 2015. And since the procurement process, based on the new procurement law, takes at least
three months to complete, there was no way Jonathan would have had anything to do with the budget implementation for 2015, before vacating Aso Rock Villa on May 29, 2015.
“Going by the way some people make insinuations on issues that border
on the development of our country, it would appear as if ex-President
Jonathan had been in office since independence in 1960 and is still in charge today. I expect media houses to always do proper investigations before jumping on the bandwagon of using Jonathan as
the convenient scapegoat for the misdeeds of others.”