GOVERNMENT NOT FRUSTRATING TRANSITION – Presidency
The presidency has advised the APC to talk less and plan more as the nation moves towards the May 29 handover date, saying the party cannot stampede the outgoing president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, out of office.
Special adviser to the president on political affairs, Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali, who made the presidency’s position known yesterday, was reacting to the alarm raised by the APC that President Jonathan was running the economy aground before handing over.

“The allegation is immature, reckless and out of tune with the president’s desire and patriotic commitment to a peaceful transfer of power,” Alkali said, urging the APC to give space to the joint transition committee to work in harmony to ensure a peaceful and seamless transition.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Alkali said: “Nigerians will recall that shortly after the result of the presidential election was announced, President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated a high-powered transition committee to plan and organize a hitch-free transition programme for the inauguration of the incoming administration.
“Surprisingly, it took the APC more than three weeks to wake up to its responsibility to constitute its own transition committee. How then can they turn round to accuse the government of frustrating the transition programme?”