September 18, 2012  by Agency Reporter 47 Comments

FORMER Kaduna State Governor   Balarabe Musa said on Monday that the House of Representatives  had yet to advance enough and convincing  reasons for threatening to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that  Musa made the remark in Lagos  while reacting to the threats by the lawmakers to impeach the President when it reconvenes.

The House  is schduled to reconvene on Tuesday (today) after a two-month recess.

He said,  “There should be fundamental reasons for the president to be impeached.

“The reasons the lawmakers are giving, low-level of budget implementation and body language of the President, are unacceptable.

“The lawmakers did not say non-implementation of the budget. The body language reason cannot be defined.”

Musa said he would not support the impeachment, warning that impeaching  Jonathan  would not change anything, but would rather make things worse for the country.

The  elder statesman  advised the members of the lower chamber  to come up with more convincing reasons that would make the public to believe in them.

Musa  cautioned the lawmakers against making the impeachment threat look like a move aimed at bargaining for more resources.

The Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties  said the national awards had been cheapened, insisting that they should be for exceptional and not just distinguished Nigerians.

He said, “I support the plan by the National Assembly to amend the law from honouring distinguished Nigerians, to honouring only those who have done exceptional things outside the capability of vast majority of other Nigerians.”

Musa said there was the need for the Federal Government to withdraw honours given to those who had behaved dishonourably after receiving such honours.

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