The former Vice President of the World Bank, who led protesters to the presidential villa in Aso Rock, Abuja last Thursday, described the president’s response, made on his behalf by one of his Ministers, as insensitive.
It could be recalled that the protest planned to end at the presidential villa was blocked by security operatives, forcing the protesters to deliver a letter of protest they wanted to give Mr. Jonathan to a delegation made up of senior members of the government.
It was gathered that the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide told the campaigners that the president asked them to direct their protests to the Boko Haram sect.
While commenting on the matter via her Twitter account, Mrs Ezekwesili said the president’s response shows him as a man avoiding his responsibility as Nigeria’s leader.
She tweeted: “Regrettably, the response of our president’s delegation, delivered by Oloye Akinjide- Minister of state for FCT was underwhelming and inadequate.
“Should those insensitive and responsibility avoiding words be the message of our president, then I am afraid, Nigeria/Nigerians are in trouble.
“I choose to believe our president did not say those awful things that were read to us concerning citizens’ demand to #BringBackOurGirls.
“Facts are that regardless of afterthoughts that we are now being served by federal government, the institutional response to their fate was indifference.
“It was only after our social media campaign migrated to street marches- chibok women on 29thApril and #bringbackourgirls on 30th – that we saw motion.
“Our pressure on the federal government to act – high priority, coherent, sustained, swift and goal/result specific rescue operation – seems to irritate govt.
“We are clear minded that the pressure we have mounted on the federal government to act is singularly in the interest of #chibokgirls, there’s no stopping."
As at the time of compiling this report, the presidency is yet to respond to Mrs Ezekwesili's statement.
It is worthy to note that more than a month after over 276 schoolgirls were abducted by the Boko Haram sect at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State on 14 April, 2014, the girls are yet to regain freedom. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Ezekwesili should be bold and tell GEJ what she wants from him. If na sex....hmmmmm chaiii.... there is God ooo.
ReplyDeleteMust you comment? If you are empty headed, kindly shut up, you may be mistaken for a wise person than ranting nonsense.
DeleteWhat type of brain do you have?
Deleteshe is a shameless obasanjo messenger.
ReplyDeleteEzekwesili u better learn frm likes of Okonjo. U are not making any sense to me. Are d children in GEJ custody. U better wake up and stop bein a lakadistical woman. Fellow likes of Okonjo dis are women of substance. Be wise if nt d wrath will fall on u
ReplyDeleteRubish woman bcs GEJ did not give u space on his cabinet thats why u are shouting selfisness people if GEJ give u a post now nobody wl ever hear anytin from her again idiot
ReplyDeleteReading these comments explains why we are in this mess
ReplyDeleteI am sure you guys don't know who Mrs Oby is, because if you know her for her piety and purity you won't be insinuating sex, if you know appointments that she is engaged with now, you won't mention appointment. Everyone can't be okonjo , someone will have to speak up!, Oby has not done any thing wrong. GEJ choose to remain our president and has to update us all on the progress with regards to these girls.
ReplyDeleteAll of you who made comments against madam due process are irresponsible citizens who are pathetically blind by primordial sentiments. GEJ does not represent a clan,religion or region but the entire nation Nigeria. Whether its true there was kidnap of those 276 girls nor not. If our darling president is in Control all of these shouldn't have happened. The ineptitude of the president is responsible left for the reason why he has wrong advicers. Unfortunately everybody toss him about including Dokubo. Few month ago Wike threatened to sack all lecturers with the knowledge of the president and he was not given query. Fest us Odumegu of NPC questioned the anomalies in census as a technocrat theppresident served him query. What kind of president keep ministers who spent beyond their statutory allocations for their selfish aggradizement ? 10 billion on plane chatter.... What an absurdity!!!
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