Stop talking too much about probe, concentrate and do your work – Kukah tells Buhari

What is more important - probe or governance? How much attention should the
government paying to probes? Are probes an unneeded distraction for this
government?
Frontline cleric and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Hassan-
Kukah, yesterday advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to be distracted
from what is on ground on account of too much attention on probe.
Kukah, who doubles as spokesman of the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led
National Peace Committee, gave this charge after a meeting between the
committee and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Doga­
ra.

He said though probing treasury looters was important, government must place
premium on providing the desired governance.
His words: “There is no such thing as probe in a democratic setting like ours.
What obtains is investigation, and once people lead and things are not right, in­
vestigation becomes necessary.
“However, in doing that, we must never be distracted from the spectacular
actions undertaken by former President Jonathan. He is an individual. I think
this whole thing about probe can be ascertained once investigations are
concluded. But we are saying that a lot of talks and speculation about this
probe are the distractions nobody needs.
“So, the most important thing is that we need a stable country first,
before we can talk about these things. And they will have happened down
the line”, he said.
Speaking on whether all was well between the executive and the
legislature given the committee’s visit to both the Presidency and the National
Assembly, the Catholic Bishop said things were not the way they ought to be in
the polity.
The cleric said, “Everybody knows that things are not the way they ought to be.
We are just trying to encourage people that let’s get on with this business of fix­
ing this country. Let’s get to the business of realising the change that we
dreamt of. And also most importantly, let’s get down with the business of co-
operating with God so that Nigeria can move forward.
“I think that is what ordinary Nigerians are expecting, this is what they voted
for. The truth of the matter is that time is not on our side. Our responsibility is
to encourage politicians to do what they were elected to do,” the Catholic
Bishop said.
Kukah said the meeting with the Speaker was part of the committee’s con­
sultations which he noted, were aimed at getting a feel from the stakeholders
about their thinking of the National Peace Committee and its role.