Jonathan’s govt lacks credibility to organise genuine National Conference -

Jonathan’s govt lacks credibility to
organise genuine National Conference -
APC
on october 23, 2013 at 2:27 am in news
BY OKEY NDIRIBE
The All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday
declared President Goodluck Jonathan’s planned
National Dialogue as diversionary.
This was disclosed yesterday by the National
Publicity Secretary of the party Alhaji Lai
Mohammed after the party held an expanded
National Executive Committee meeting  at its
National Secretariat in Abuja.
He further stated that the planned confab should be
regarded as an aspect of the on-going constitution
amendment process.
The APC spokesman further said the present federal
administration lacked the credibility to organise a
genuine National Conference.
According to him: “We want to make it abundantly
clear that we are not averse to any meaningful and
honest dialogue.
However, this government has lost focus. They
cannot handle the economy. They cannot handle
education and the welfare of our children; the
country under this administration is on fire and
corruption has developed legs”.
He continued: “So we see this planned National
Dialogue as  an attempt to run away from the
serious issues of governance confronting the
nation.”
He said that  more than five months ago, the party
set up a Committee to articulate its position on the
national question.
He continued: “We believe that the planned National
Dialogue is diversionary because the President
himself said that the outcome of the confab would
be subjected to the approval of the National
Assembly.
Therefore what is being planned is not a National
Conference but an aspect of the Constitutional
amendment process.”