By Abdulwahab Abdulah

An advocacy group, Lawyers for Change, has charged the President elect, General Muhamadu Buhari, to focus on his campaign promises, especially with regards to recovering the Chibok girls abducted over a year ago.

National coordinator of the group, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, also admonished newly elected politicians both at the national and state levels not to bask in the euphoria of past glory, but endeavour to create the much awaited change Nigerians had been craving.

Ogunlana charged Buhari to live up to his earlier promise of finding the girls who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect, adding that his comments after the general elections, which indicated that his government could not cannot guarantee the recovery of the girls, contradicted his promise before the elections.

The girls were seized April 14, 2014, from their dormitory as they wrote their WAEC examinations.

He said: “What he said is at variance with his promise. Chibok girls must be rescued, they must be found.”

According to him, to adequately address and curb the issue of corruption, there must be a project tagged, ‘real retooling of the national economy.

He said:  “misappropriation of government fund must end. To serve as a deterrent yo others, wealth corruptly acquired should be relinquished. Our country must change and be changed.

“Life in Nigeria must not remain the same. What the people elected in is change, and change they will get, change not just transition.”

Ogunlana also commended Nigerians for electing Buhari/Osinbajo who he described as real agents of change and promised to ensure that his group will continue to be a watch-dog on the incoming administration.