Gen
Muhammad Buhari’s CPC and Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency today
continued their exchange of verbal missiles with the former calling
presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati an untutored spin doctor who is
ready to sink defending a ridiculous position.
CPC’s
statement released today by its spokesman, Rotimi Fashakin was in
response to the salvo fired by Abati yesterday against both the CPC and
ACN.It reads: “The Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, responded to the observation raised by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on the just-concluded African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with such unmitigated incivility that easily evinces the pressure currently enveloping the entire apparatus of the Presidency. The intemperate and vile verbiage was symptomatic of a pathetically disoriented presidential lackey!
“The
trajectory of Abati’s career as a Presidential aide reveals a beginning
scripted in deception and, undoubtedly, can only be sustained by
deception. It explains why, in his current circumstances, he cannot be
expected to deal in the truth. The Palace appointment, as a fitting
reward for a hatchet job in mendacious writings in his regular Newspaper
column during and after the April 2011 elections, is to him, something
that must be desperately clutched unto. We understand; only appalled by
the descent to uncouth and gutter language! Reuben Abati just showed, in
his last statement, lack of training for his job function and an inbred
atavistic incongruence.
“I
invite the discerning Nigerian public to come along as we sift the
facts in the story as told by Abati the battered hireling. President
Good-luck Jonathan, as head of the Nigerian delegation, left the country
for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the AU summit. In diplomatic
arena, that was the Primary objective of the delegation. This
presupposes that any other business is secondary! Furthermore, Dr
Jonathan indicated to address the summit, and was permitted.
But he, in
his wisdom, believed other matters were more important than the primary
objective of being in Addis-Ababa. Obviously, this line of logic showed
Abati as asinine and despicably cretinous. He is obviously hiding the
vital truth from Nigerians. Not done, he went on to say that the
Minister for Foreign Affairs presented the President’s statement at the
summit. We shudder to think that all the Nigerian Tax payers’ funds used
in paying the humongous estacodes for Reuben Abati and his colleagues
on the President’s entourage was for mere submission of a statement
after the summit!
“He
further asserted that Dr Jonathan was not the only President that was
represented by the country’s foreign minister. Again, the poor spinning
skills of Reuben Abati came to fore. We know Dr Samura Matthew Wilson
Kamara, Sierra Leone’s foreign minister, represented his President, Dr.
Ernest Bai Koroma, who was unavoidably absent at the summit. Abati
failed to tell us the other foreign ministers, aside Nigeria’s, that
represented Presidents who were physically present for the AU summit! If
we may ask: is submission of a statement by a foreign minister after a
conference coterminous with the President, using the stage, to
articulate the Nation’s position on the regional discourse?
“In
our earlier communication, the word ‘inebriation’ was not used or
implied in describing the reason for the President’s inability to read
his statement to the audience at the summit. But Abati, the untutored
presidential spokesman, in a clumsily laid out verbosity, imputed this
as part of our statement. Could this idiocy indeed be a Freudian slip?
“The
entire hog-wash Abati chose to call a State-house press statement aptly
underscored the incompetence that has become the trade mark of the
Jonathan presidency!
“As
a Party, we really sympathize with Abati for the dislocation in his
career path and the utter misadventure the media aide appointment has
turned out for him. The future, as a practicing Journalist, is bleak and
the past cannot be recalled. He is stuck in the conundrum of a sinking
regime. Unfortunately, his choice is to sink with it!”
“We are dealing with such hideous
and second rate characters in Nigeria’s public space, belonging to the
ACN and the CPC, and that other would-be disaster-prone mongrel called
APC that they won’t even respect the truth. The prize for being silly in
this regard must go to one Rotimi Fashakin who describes himself as the
National Publicity Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change
(CPC). He is an arm-chair critic per excellence and a medieval-era
ignoramus.
“In a release titled “President
Jonathan’s AU summit gaffe” (May 28) Rotimi displayed such habitual
indolence and brainlessness that his heirs must be eternally ashamed of,
and which I consider offensive and needlessly disruptive. His subject
is the just-ended AU @ 50 summit in Addis Ababa.
“I invite more cerebral and
decent persons to consider the facts. President Jonathan as the leader
of the Nigerian delegation to the AU summit in Addis Ababa and the 50th anniversary
of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) indeed put up a sterling
performance, using the opportunity of the trip to further promote
Nigeria’s interests and to strengthen Nigeria’s relationships with other
countries. He held bilateral meetings with the UN Secretary General and
the leaders of Jamaica, Egypt, Swaziland, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire. He
granted interviews to the media, local and international. He also
participated in a special session on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis,
at which he invited other world leaders to the Abuja+12 conference to
be hosted in Nigeria, mid-June. President Jonathan is an accomplished
diplomat and a responsible leader under whose watch, Nigeria’s foreign
policy process and international relations have been strengthened with
commendable results.
“While President Jonathan was
attending that meeting, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs presented our statement to the OAU at 50 on President
Jonathan’s behalf. I have also since circulated the full text of that
statement. In other words, Nigeria’s voice was heard, loud and clear.
Let it be noted that President Jonathan’s attendance of a meeting on the
sidelines of the AU Summit was perfectly in order, and he attended
quite a number, just as Minister Ashiru was not the only Foreign
Minister who spoke on behalf of a President at the Summit. So where did
Fashakin get his information from that nobody represented Nigeria?
“The nature of his mental
indolence is understandable. In this attempt to pull President Jonathan
down at all costs, lies have become standard stuff, mischief a major
commodity, and indecency a character flaw. President Jonathan does not
owe anyone an apology for serving Nigeria diligently and truthfully.
Fashakin’s reference to an incident in Australia is also wrong-headed
because the allegation is false. In fact, in Australia, President
Jonathan met with a broad range of investors in the mining sector and
that has resulted in huge investments in the Nigerian mining sector. I
consider the insinuation about inebriation, in Fashakin’s statement,
amplified by his paid agents in other fora, as utterly disrespectful and
foolish. They can’t certainly be talking about a President who is a
well-focused man of achievement. By the same token, I consider the
reference to Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum in
that statement as a red herring. Again, I advise Fashakin to read the
newspapers so he can be abreast of developments, the only way he can get
close to being an effective spokesperson. I had made it clear that
President Jonathan has no hand in the Governors Forum crisis, and we
stand by that position.
“Our case is not rested. When
next Fashakin comes to the public with unintelligent thoughts about
President Jonathan, it shall remain our duty to continue to remind him
of the need to think before talking.”
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I'm enjoying dis drama. But besides, whosoever wrote dis article is not a competent Journalist. How can you present the complete article of Abati verbatim instead of highlighting the salient points? Had it not been I've read that article first I would have been thinking that it was Fashakin talking. *smh
ReplyDeleteIn your verbal wars can't you jokers speak in a language that ordinary Nigerians can understand. Maybe I should speak mine too. This assertion are what I refers to as prolic source of jargons and perplexity. Your messages are sterile litanies raving like an unending cacophony of staccatos.
ReplyDeleteAbati and his cohort note that nigerians can not be taken for a ride. Flimsy explanation of badluck whereabout during the addis ababa summit continue pouring blatant lies. What a shame.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS UNBELIEVEABLE! HOW CAN U SET OUT TO REPRESENT YOUR COUNTRY AS PRESIDENT IN A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING LIKE AU AND DECIDED TO ABANDON IT FOR A LESS IMPORTANT ROAD PROJECT! WORST STILL SOMEBODY IS RANTING AND PANTING TO DEFEND THIS INTERNATIONAL MISDEMEANOUR.GOD HAVE MERCY!
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