The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari
to use his first 100 days in office to perfect strategies on how to
tackle the problems of infrastructural deficiency, unemployment,
insecurity, pervasive corruption, revenue leakages and persistent
scarcity of Petroleum products.
In a press statement it issued in
Abuja on Friday to commemorate Democracy Day in Nigeria, the umbrella
body of legal practitioners in the country, while congratulating
President Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, for their
successful inauguration, also thanked former President Goodluck Jonathan
for conceding defeat after the presidential election.
“The act
of conceding defeat at the Presidential elections even before the
official announcement of the election results greatly helped to douse
rising tensions in Nigeria and has reserved for him in Nigerian history,
a place of honour as a statesman”, the NBA noted.
However, the
legal body stressed that the inability of Jonathan’s administration to
pass into Law the Petroleum Industry Bill, the Prisons Reforms Act and
the Police (Amendment) Act and several other Justice sector Bills,
represented low points for his administration.
The statement
which was signed by the National President of the Association, Mr.
Augustine Alegeh, SAN, read: “We celebrate today not just our democracy
day but also a change of Government from one Political party to another.
“It
is a unique and first time experience and celebration in our democratic
experience. It confirms that our democracy is not just growing and
developing but it is also maturing.
“We must as a people
celebrate our collective success in the peaceful conduct of the 2015
General elections. The massive voter turnout and peaceful conduct of the
elections are reflective of our true nature as a peaceful nation.
“The
NBA congratulates the victorious candidates at the 2015 General
elections and commends other candidates who were not successful at the
elections for their offer of service to Nigeria. We trust that the
elected candidates appreciate the trust imposed in them and the hope and
expectations of the electorate for a better Nigeria where the good of
the majority of Nigerians is the guiding principle of Government.
“The
NBA commends the outgoing President, HE Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR
for the peaceful conduct of the 2015 General Elections which were
adjudged largely credible and were reflective of the true wishes of
majority of Nigerians.
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