The newly
inaugurated chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kogi
State chapter, Bishop John Ibenu has blamed the former governors who
held sway in their various states while former President Goodluck
Jonathan was in the saddle for the present economic predicament of the
country.
Speaking after his inauguration in Lokoja recently, Ibenu said
Nigerians should not blame Jonathan but those governors who through the
Nigerian Governors’ Forum stopped Jonathan from his effort to save for
the rainy day.
He said: “Some years back, the former President (Jonathan) said
Nigeria should create Sovereign Wealth Fund and let money continue to be
saved for the future as the money that was coming then would not
continue. But some state governors and members of the Nigerian
Governors’ Forum went to court to block that effort and the matter went
to Supreme Court and they said it was illegal, so they collected
everything and squandered; so, we are in it.”
He advised the current government to bend backwards and learn from
the mistakes of the past administration of Jonathan for prosperity,
saying the issue was beyond party affiliation as even in his church all
other political party followers are represented.
On the bail out fund that Kogi State is yet to access to help cushion
the effect of non-payment of salaries for some months, the Bishop
berated President Buhari for reneging on his promise to be for nobody
and but for everybody.
“Our president spoke to us on a promising note on the day he took
over, May 29, 2015 that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody.
He belongs to all Nigerians but so far, all the states are not equal.
Some states got money, other states didn’t get.”
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