Rev. Dr. Musa Asake, General
Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has lambasted presidential
aide, Garba Shehu, for resorting to “attacks” instead of addressing issues.
Asake recalled that Shehu, in
response to the body’s statement lamenting attitude of the Buhari government on
herdsmen killings and lopsided appointments in security and education sectors,
had said CAN “could not cite any valid cases of constitutional violations.”
Responding, the CAN scribe stated
that Garba Shehu, “should be pitied with his current position because he is
trying to sell a bad product and as a result, he cannot do without being
sycophantic.”
“Unfortunately for him, he failed
in his bid to defend President Muhammadu Buhari, whose government’s record for
nepotism, favoritism and discrimination is second to none.
“Through his partial, sectional
and discriminatory appointments, particularly in Security and Education,
President Buhari violated Section 14, Para. 3 which reads: “The composition of
the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its
affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal
character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and to command
national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of
persons from a few State or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that
Government or in any of its agencies.”
“So, how come Garba Shehu is
clamming that I could not cite any valid cases of constitutional violations?
“Let me make it clear to Mr.
Shehu Garba and suggest that he checks the records, read the daily papers, and
listens to what concern Nigerians who are saying that President Buhari has no
respect for the Federal Character Commission.
“I still stand firmly on my
position that President Buhari has been making sectional and discriminatory
appointments in the Security and Education sectors which poses threat to the
country’s democracy and constitution.
“I advised him to speak with any
lawyer outside the Presidency on several sections of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended) that are being violated by his principal.
“For obvious reasons, it seems to
me that Garba Shehu is ignorant of the function of the Church to the society.
“As a Servant of God and a
Minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, I have a divine mandate to be
a voice to the voiceless, to condemn the evil in the land and to praise or
criticize the government as the need arises.”
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