2027 Presidency: Jonathan In Fresh Trouble

<h4>2027 Presidency<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that as preparations for the 2027 presidency gather momentum in which former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is said to have shown interest&comma; his administration has come under scrutiny &comma; a development that may pose obstacle to his ambition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goodluck Jonathan&comma; 67&comma; served as the President of Nigeria on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party &comma; PDP&comma; from 2010 to 2015&period; He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While in office as President of Nigeria&comma; Goodluck Jonathan initiated CCTV project to improve surveillance&comma; aid law enforcement&comma; and curb criminal activities within Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2010&comma; the then Minister of Finance&comma; Dr&period; Olusegun Aganga&comma; led a Federal Government delegation to Beijing&comma; China&comma; to sign a Memorandum of Understanding &lpar;MoU&rpar; with ZTE Communications of China&comma; the firm awarded the contract for the project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The project was financed through a &dollar;460 million loan from the China-EXIM Bank&comma; drawn from a &dollar;600 million credit facility extended to Nigeria as a soft loan&comma; repayable over 10 years after a 10-year grace period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; the House of Representatives resolved to investigate the &dollar;460 million Chinese loan obtained to finance the Abuja Closed-Circuit Television &lpar;CCTV&rpar; project&comma; originally designed to enhance security across the Federal Capital Territory &lpar;FCT&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance moved by Hon&period; Amobi Ogah &lpar;LP&comma; Abia&rpar; during plenary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ogah expressed concern that despite the significant investment and continued repayment of the loan&comma; the CCTV project has yet to deliver the expected results in improving security within the capital city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He observed that incidents of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">insecurity<&sol;a> have persisted in Abuja&comma; underscoring the need for accountability regarding the project’s execution and effectiveness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following deliberations&comma; the House mandated its Committees on National Security and Intelligence&comma; Finance&comma; and Public Accounts to investigate the circumstances surrounding the loan&comma; the contract implementation&comma; and the current status of the CCTV project&comma; and to report back to the House for further legislative action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the probe&comma; a former Reps member from North West said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; Though it is okay for Reps to probe any issues that is not clear&comma; this move to probe CCTV project is obviously a move against Jonathan&period; It is all because of 2027&period; There was 8 years of President Buhari after Jonathan&period; So you can connect the dots&comma;” he stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;