Lauretta Onochie, Senior Special
Assistant on Social Media to the President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to show patriotism despite the many challenges confronting
the country.
Onochie appealed to Nigerians who
‘hate’ the President to be careful not to extend the same ‘hatred’ to Nigeria
and her institutions, warning that such disposition may be inimical to the
development of the country.
The President’s aide made this
plea in a two-part tweet on Wednesday. “If you choose to hate our President and
Legislators, it’s okay but that hatred must not be extended to Nigeria and her
institutions,”@Laurestar wrote.
Onochie whose nomination as an
Independent National Electoral Commission Commissioner by the President
attracted nationwide outrage last month further stated that Nigerians should
borrow a leaf from Americans whom she claims are defending their democracy and
the integrity of the country’s electoral process despite ‘denigrating’ comments
by US President Donald Trump who lost his re-election bid to Democrat Joe Biden
last month.
“While President Trump is
denigrating America’s electoral system, Americans are fiercely defending the
integrity of their electoral body, that’s patriotism,” Onochie stressed,
adding, “We must stand by our institutions as they make progress towards
serving us better.”
The President and the country’s security agencies have come under fire for the recent killing of at least 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.
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