Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has said that the easiest
thing to do was to criticize the President on the Chibok Girls abduction
even without a presence of all the facts.
Speaking to an
audience which included Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido at the political
debate tagged: “Fixing Nigeria: The nuts and bolts” packaged by the
Kukah Centre, Fashola said, “As far as sincerity about Chibok is
concerned, honestly, let me just say that the problem that Chibok
symbolises has assumed a dimension that is ordinarily outside the
authority and control of government.”
He implied he was slow to
criticize President Jonathan on the Chibok Girls because he does not
know the facts that the President has.
“That is why I have always
said that the easiest thing to do is to criticise. Do you have the
facts that are at his disposal because it is only then that we can have a
very serious disagreement that on this set of facts this should be my
own choice.
“It is now a matter of insurgency and therefore the
Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Armed Forces have only one
Commander-in-Chief and that is Mr. President. The buck stops on his desk
on this matter and it cannot be an easy decision.
“The most I am
willing to say, I can’t measure sincerity. I know it is a tough call
now. The Chibok parents, who are grieving, want their children back.
There are many options on the table, but I don’t also think they are
expecting body bags of their children.
“It is a difficult place
to be. But of course I have always said, issues of this nature may
provoke a debate about the methods, and by the clarity of the choices
that are being made, about the judgment calls that are also being made.”
Sauce: http://www.theheraldng.com/chibok-girls-easy-criticize-jonathan-without-details-gov-fashola/
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