SDP Chairman advices Buhari to implement Confab report

dimeji akinloye

April 2, 2015 11:32 PM

While congratulating the President-elect on his victory, Falae also described President Goodluck Jonathan as a statesman for conceding defeat.

Chief Olu Falae

National Chairman, Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, has urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to implement the 2014 National Conference report on assumption of office.

Speaking to the told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday, April 2, Falae said the implementation of the report would help to revamp and re-launch the country.

"I want to advise Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari that he should see government as a continuum.

"I urge him that as soon as he is inaugurated and settle down to initiate action on the implementation of the report of the 2014 National Conference.

"The implementation of that report in my humble opinion is the blueprint for restructuring Nigeria, revamping Nigeria and re-launching Nigeria into a new orbit,’’ he said.

The former Secretary to the Federal Government congratulated the President-elect for the victory, said his election would send signal that rampant corruption will no longer be tolerated.

He also commended INEC for the conduct of the election and urged the commission to avoid hitches such as late arrival of materials and staff, absence of result sheets and the failure of the Smart Card Reader machines.

"I feel proud as a Nigerian that the outcome of the election, for the first time in Nigeria possibly in Africa, power changed hands peacefully from one political party to another through the ballot box,’’ Falae said.

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