Falling oil prices: Muslim group asks Jonathan not to acquire new jet

Falling oil prices: Muslim group asks Jonathan not to acquire new jet

 Muslims in the country have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to lead the way in enduring the expected hardship occasioned by the falling oil prices.

The call followed the plea on Sunday at a church service in Abuja by Jonathan to Nigerians to be prepared to bear with the hardship to be experienced in the country as a result of the continuous drop in oil prices.

Muslims Rights Concern, MURIC, in a reply to the President’s call, asked him to lead the way in the sacrifice to reduce the expected burden on Nigerians if indeed he was a patriotic leader.

Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said that while the call by Jonathan was in order, Nigerians were looking forward to a practical demonstration of what the president expects Nigerians to exhibit and not mere admonition while doing the opposite.

The Muslim group regretted that the President was not leading Nigerians by example going by the way and manner he and his administration had carried on since coming on board.

MURIC said “Mr. President is not leading us by example if it is true that he still wants to buy a new aircraft. The presidency has explanations to render to tax-payers if it is also true that the proposed aircraft will be the fourth since he took office in the year 2010. Why must President Jonathan buy four aircrafts in four years? Is the president walking his talk?

“The presidency also owes Nigerians explanations if it is true that friends and associates donated staggering sums of money amounting to millions at the launching of Mr. President’s campaign fund for the 2015 elections which netted N21 billion.”