KAN ADETAYO.
President Goodluck Jonathan has exornerated
Prof. Bath Nnaji, who resigned his appointment as
Minister of Power on Tuesday, of any wrongdoing.
He said the former minister did not commit any
offence.
Jonathan also threatened to go on exile if he fails
to deliver the second River Niger Bridge at the
expiration of his tenure.
The president spoke on Thursday at a town hall
meeting organised as part of activities marking
his one-day state visit to Anambra State.
He however said Nnaji needed to step aside to
allow credibility and level playing ground for the
privatisation programme.
Jonathan said, “He did not commit any offence.
He is very competent. But we are doing
privatisation. To make sure there is credibility,
somebody must step aside.
“Some persons told me that some companies
have already been shared and I said no. In
previous privatisation, some errors were made
and the country is suffering for it..
“We have demonstrated that at the political level,
we need to replicate it in the industrial sector, he
has to step aside.
“ We will get a competent person to replace him.”
On the second Niger Bridge, the president said,
“If I don’t deliver second Niger Bridge at the end
of my tenure, I will leave this country and go and
live elsewhere because the failure can not be defended.
History is coming to play because it was azikiwe that built the first Niger bridge and another azikiwe is here to build the second bridge.