A member of the House of representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to realize that whatever he does to Goodluck Jonathan will also be done to him when a new government takes over.
A House of Representative member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal constituency, Hon. Linus Okorie has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to realize that ‘what goes around comes around."
According to him, if Buhari decides to be unfair to his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, he should expect similar treatment when he leaves office.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari lacked acknowledgement of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s legacies and achievements in the last dispensation.
In a statement issued in Abakaliki, Okorie called on President Buhari to acknowledge the contributions of former President Goodluck Jonathan especially in the fight against insurgency in the North East geopolitical zone of the country.
Okorie cited examples of projects that were either completed or close to completion before ex-President Jonathan’s exit, stressing that it was unfair and unjust for the Buhari administration to take credit of the achievements without acknowledging the role of the initiator of the projects.
“Just like the opposition must be constructive in criticizing the government in power, the sitting government owes its predecessor, itself and the wider Nigerian public the moral and social duty of acknowledging the positive accomplishments of their predecessors,” said Okorie.
“I hold the view that the Buhari administration should imbibe the necessary humility and courage to give credit as necessary even as it continues to put the out-gone government to task in established areas of weakness or malfeasance. That is leadership. I also appeal to the media as social engineers to also encourage the Presidency in this onerous responsibility. We owe posterity that much,” the lawmaker stressed.