Garba Shehu, spokesperson to
President Muhammadu Buhari, has condemned Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s criticisms of
President Buhari’s Independence Day speech.
Shehu, in a statement on Monday,
maintained that it was unfair for the group to blame the recent unrest in the
southeast region on the federal government.
“President Buhari was not
abdicating his responsibilities. He didn’t request any political leader to do
anything seminal or out of the box.
“All he says is, talk to your
out-of-the-line-youth so that we have some peace. Igbo leaders need not to be
on the defensive for the misbehaviour of the IPOB which they rightly
condemned,” he said.
Shehu stated that the President
was simply saying that the regional leaders also had a role to play in keeping
their hot-headed youth in check.
“President Buhari was simply
calling out the regional leaders to their responsibilities, making them aware
of the crucial role they can play.
“This should not be seen as an
attack on the Ohaneze or on any other regional leaders.”
Shehu also reacted to other
criticisms of the President’s speech, particularly the declaration that all
matters of restructuring or constitutional amendment are the business of the
National Assembly.
“It beats our imagination that
men claiming to be democrats or having democratic credentials are asking the
government to ignore an elected parliament in preference to a committee made up
of presidential appointees to debate and resolve constitutional issues.
“You are either for democracy or
for its opposite. For us in this government, democracy is the country’s chosen
system of government and we are determined to deepen and uphold it.
“Democracy may be slow and
chaotic, but it remains the best system of government the world has got so far.
“We inherited a country in
tatters- its economy, its security and its social relations. President Buhari
deserves credit for rebuilding what has been destroyed.
“If anyone thinks this a failure,
let them talk to those millions of farmers we have empowered to create riches
for themselves and the nation, for whom fertilizer is available everywhere at
the regulated price of N5,500 instead of N13,800, a year ago.
“Let them ask the manufacturers
and importers of goods who bought the Dollar at N525:00 and are happy that it
is down to N360:00 and still improving.
“Let them go back and read the
accomplishments highlighted in the speech, to see the advancements in security,
agriculture, the ease of doing business and anti-corruption, to mention a
few,’’ he stressed.
Shehu also condemned those he
described as professional critics who were fond of attacking or criticizing
meaningful government policies and programmes with the hope of being
“settled’’.
He said: “As for those critics
who are used to being settled by successive governments, with false claims to
being so-called conscience of society popping out from the cupboard on and off
to drive the country towards religious and ethnic polarization, they have no
other motive but to rock the boat of good governance.
“What they yearn for is to be
picked out to be paid to keep quiet. The Buhari government has abolished
‘settlement’.
“Polarizing speeches that
aggravate Nigerian against a brother Nigerian are causing damage to our
democracy, rocking at the very foundation of our unity and they better not
cross those red lines as warned by the President.”
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WHO IS THIS SHEHU SANNI, SELF? IS HE QUALIFIED TO BE A DUNG-CLEANER IN A PIGGERY NOT TO TALK OF BEING NEAR THE SEAT OF POWER. OUR PRESIDENT WENT BEYOND THE RED LINES IN THE INDEPENDENCE SPEECH TO CALL SOME PEOPLE IRRESSPONSIBLE AND HOT-HEAD. BUT HE ONCE SAID THAT KILLING BOKO HARAM PEOPKE IS KILLING HIS PEOPLE. AND REMAINS DEAF AND DUMB TO THE ATROCITIERS OF FULANI MILITIA WHO ARE KILLING AND RAPING. SO LET THE POLICE ARREST OR CAUTION MR PRESIDENT. Jay 2, Abuja.
ReplyDeleteThis government want to take credit for bringing the value of dollar to naira from #525 to #360, but they don't want to be responsible for taking up higher in the first place. However, lets us remind you that it was much more below #360 when you came to power. You can fire at IPOB and every peaceful agitators but its a crime to threaten the lives of Fulani herdsmen. What kind of government is this? Government of Fulani killer-men. yeye they smell.
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