Nasir El-Rufai: Kindergaten president; childish handlers I still recall how one of my sons behaved before going into kindergarten. He did notknow how to share toys or food, threw tantrums whenever he failed to get hisway or insulted his siblings or sulked when criticized. With years of parental effort at home, and intervention ofhandlers in nursery school, our son learnt the virtues of sharing, inclusion and getting along with those that he disagreed with. I guess this is the experience of many parents. I have always wondered what manner of person would resort to abuse, bigotry and division when his or her conduct and utterances are interrogated, instead of simply responding in civilized language. APC chairman Bisi Akande’s characterization of Jonathan as a kindergarten president explained everything. And surrounded with equally parochial, morally-flexible handlers, one is bound to read the kind of falsehood that emanates from the likes of Reuben Abati from time totime. READ: “Nigeria’s Problem Today Is Jonathan” – Bisi Akande Doesn’t Think The President Is Serious-Minded It was Aeschylus, the ancient Greek dramatist who said, “In war, truth is the first casualty”. Thank God, despitethe provocations of the Dokubos and the Clarks, Nigeria is not at war, but the presidency and presidential hangers-on have distorted democratic politics into somesort of warfare.President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to an interview I granted over the weekend isindicative that truth has become a casualty in his shoddy attempt to belittle the salient issues concerning Nigeria that I spoke about, and the weighty fact that thepresident is the promoter and apostle of ethnic and religious division of Nigeria, purely for political gains! READ: How Can A Small Ethnic Group Like The Ijaws Threaten The Rest Of Us?: 5 Things El-Rufai Said Today READ: Abati In Attack Mode: El-Rufai Is A Serial Liar, He Says, Then He Lists Instances For the records, I was featured on Liberty Radio’s Guest of the Week where I spoke on a number of issues,including the fact that the proceeds from crude oil theft(as confirmed by the Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson) were being used to procure arms to wage war on Nigeria in the event that Jonathan lost his re-election bid in 2015. I also stated that,“PDP has become a virus thatis infecting and destroying the country because they arenot doing anything productive. They have changed our politics into that of ethnicity and religionto divert attention from theirincompetence, lack of capacity and looting of the treasury.” Instead of addressing the issues I raised, presidential spokesman Reuben Abati chose to muddle the discussion and confuse the public. According to a report issued by Governance and Sustainable Initiatives Ltd., entitled Analysis and Lessons of the Current Geopolitical Distribution of Federal Appointments, the Jonathan administration is said to have favoured his home state of Bayelsa 200% times more than the next states with the highest federal representation – Delta, Edo and Anambra.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:49:20 +0000
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