The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
says Hanan Buhari, a daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, flying on a
presidential jet on an ”official” assignment is a strong message to the youth.
There was outrage at
weekend when pictures of Hanan disembarking from a presidential jet surfaced
online.
She was invited to the durbar by
Rilwanu Adamu, emir of Bauchi, on Thursday. Hanan, a photographer, was expected
to document the event and other tourist attractions in the state.
In a statement on Monday, Ishaq
Akintola, MURIC director, said Hanan passed a strong message to the Nigerian
girl-child by covering the durbar.
“How private is private? Are we
saying that the traditional institution is inconsequential? What happened to
our respect for our norms and values? Are we to assume that our system no
longer recognises the traditional institution? If so, why do governors still
appoint emirs, obis and obas? If the law of the land still recognises
traditional rulers, Hanan’s invitation to Bauchi cannot be rightly described as
a private affair,” Akintola said.
“Besides, that function passed a
strong message to Nigerian youths, especially the Nigerian girl-child. It poses
a challenge to them to eschew laziness.
“More importantly, it underlines
the significance and relevance of every aspect of human knowledge. This is a
very important message wailers missed.”
The MURIC director said those who
described Hanan’s visit to Bauchi as private are “petty, mean and most
uncharitable”.
“President Buhari should not be
guillotined for permitting her daughter’s use of the jet. Afterall, it was not
for any frivolous jamboree like shopping in Dubai. We may want to ignore the
excesses of past landlords of Aso Rock to justify PMB’s action,” he said.
“It amounts to overzealouness on
the part of critics to grab every little straw and make mountains out of mole
hills.
“They are simply trying to draw
the attention of Nigerians away from PMB’s monumental achievements simply
because they were merely looking for the president’s faults.”
Akintola appealed to politicians
to “change from politics of negativity, retardation and destruction to
positivism, patriotism and constructive engagement”.
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MURIC always supporting wrong things. Good for her to cover the event, inexcusable for her to to use the presidential jet to cover the event.
ReplyDeleteLessons unto politicians with bitterness, my question to the haters is" Is HanaaH a Canadian or Togolese" stop procastinating rubbish. Democracy has come to stay. Peace be unto Nigeria.
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