Oct 9, 2015

Edwin Clark under fire

By Emma Amaize, Dapo Akinrefon & Charles Kumolu  ABUJA—MIXED reactions, Thursday, greeted remarks by Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, who accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of lacking the will power to combat corruption during his tenure.  Clark, the most prominent of Jonathan’s supporters in the last administration, had said he was quitting partisan politicsto assume the role of an elder statesman.  Clark, a former Federal Commissioner for Information in the First Republic said “Jonathan didn’t have the political will-power to fight corruption. He’s too much a gentleman. Drivers of yesterday are living in palatial buildings now under his government. In advanced countries, when you are living above your means, people query you. That’s not so in Nigeria. Former governors and lawmakers are now asking for immunity. Jonathan meant well for this country, but the will power to fight corruption was not there.” Read more.......http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/jonathans-alleged-weakness-edwin-clark-under-fire/