Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to
President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, has said the government of
President Muhammadu Buhari has done more damage to the country than any other government
before it.
Osuntokun, on The Morning Show on Arise TV, on Monday said corruption has been thriving more in Buhar’s government than any previous
government, which he insisted has been attested to by both local and
international organisations.
He called the credibility of the president to
question, saying his supposed stance on corruption is a myth.
“Transparency International actually rated Nigeria as
more corrupt than ever before under Buhari.
“This government has a huge credibility gap,
particularly the gap between rhetoric and what they do,” the former aide said.
He stated that in the last three and half years,
corruption in high places has been glossed over without any repercussion.
Osuntokun warned that contrary to the impression
being created by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) is a corrupt party, “the reality is that the outcome of
the 2019 elections will be a referendum about his governance since 2015.”
He insisted that the notion that the PDP
presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was corruption was all
allegations which have never been proven.
“He (Atiku) has been out of government for over 11
years now, yet they say he is corrupt. Where are the proofs?” He queried.
On the National Assembly, Osuntokun is of the
opinion that there may not be a substantial difference in the composition of
the house as over 70 percent of the present members are set to return.
Also speaking, a political analyst, Mr. Femi Lawson,
gave the National Assembly very high marks in the way they handled issues
before them.
Lawson stated that while there was acrimony between
the executive and the legislature, it did not affect issues that needed to be
sorted out.
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