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Former
President Goodluck Jonathan says he cannot speak on the current $2.1bn arms
scam now because the matter is in court.
A
former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki; the National Publicity
Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, and others are
currently standing trial for their alleged role in the scam.
Jonathan,
however, said in due time, he would tell his own side of the story.
The former President said this in a series of tweets on his official Twitter
handle on Wednesday.
He said, “My voice will certainly be heard at the appropriate
time regarding the alleged arms funds mismanagement. I would not want to
interfere with the proceedings by the judicial system that my administration
worked tirelessly to strengthen.
“My post-presidential focus is advancing democracy and good
governance in Africa. If we do not spend billions to educate Africa’s youths
today, we will spend it fighting insecurity tomorrow.”
Speaking separately on ‘Security, Education and Development
in Africa’ at the Geneva Press Club in Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jonathan
lamented the high rate of illiteracy in the North.
He said poor education was one of the factors promoting
insecurity.
The former President, however, praised President Muhammadu
Buhari for giving education a top priority in the 2016 budget.
Jonathan said, “Of course, charity begins at home and for the
future, what Nigeria needs is to focus on making education a priority.
Thankfully, the administration that succeeded mine in its first budget appears
to have seen wisdom in continuing the practice of giving education the highest
allocation. This is commendable.
“I feel that what people in my position, statesmen and former
leaders, ought to be doing is to help build consensus all over Africa, to
ensure that certain issues should not be politicised.
“Education is one of those issues. If former African leaders
can form themselves into an advisory group to gently impress on incumbent
leaders the necessity of meeting the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation recommended allocation of 26 per cent of a nation’s
annual budget on education, I am certain that Africa will make geometric
progress in meeting her Millennium Development Goals and improving on every
index of the Human Development Index.”
The former President said he fought terrorism to a large
extent and ensured that many perpetrators were arrested, prosecuted and jailed.
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