ACN Blast Abati On Use Of Language

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the growing propensity of the presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati to resort to the use of foul language against critics of the Jonathan administration, saying such crude verbal attacks may boomerang on the presidency if left unchecked.
In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said there was a difference between a vicious verbal attack, which Dr. Abati now engaged in with relish and a robust response to critics of the administration, which is what was expected of him. “Contrary to what Dr. Abati may think, ‘attack’ and ‘criticism’ are not synonymous.
An effective presidential spokesman is not the one who employs gutter language to respond to critics of his principal, or one who makes more enemies than friends for his boss, but one who is able to convey the activities and achievements of the president to the citizenry with dignified language.
‘’By virtue of what is believed to be his sound education, professional training and exposure, Dr. Abati should be well placed to know how to tell a man to go to hell and the man will still be smiling.
“To be sure, the use of dignified language by a presidential spokesman is important because whatever he says is believed to have emanated from his principal.
It is, therefore, unimaginable that President Goodluck Jonathan will resort to the use of the kind of language that has been spewing out of the mouth of his spokesman in recent times.
To the best of our knowledge, no presidential spokesman in Nigeria’s history has employed such base language in defence of his principal,’’ it said.
ACN said using such words as ‘ethically-challenged’, ‘hypocrite’, ‘medieval-era ignoramus’, ‘habitual indolence and brainlessness’, ‘descent into moral abyss’, ‘mental indolence’, ‘bootlicking’, ‘hideous and second-rate characters’, and ‘foolish’ to describe the critics of the President is rude, crude, uncouth and unconscionable. and uncalled for, and that

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5 Comments

  1. Strange that this is coming from chieflai mohammed of all people. The only person to nbe worse thai lai is femi fani kayode.

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    1. Am not a fan of lai mohd or a fan to any of dis politricians. So am not in surport of any of them, so my frnd if I say ur a fool for defending Abati then don't think am doing so out of a bais mind. Abatis use off foul language is wrong. Is is attack or defence mechnism wort emulating. Nonese.

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  2. Lai mohamed doesn't attract my sympathy,but I thinks its rather too crude and rude of Dr Abati to as well use such languages,we use to ka him as a govt critic too frm time b4 he became d spokesperson for the currenet admin,I think he shuld be less harsh on critics as its a part if democracy to croticise people in power.

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  3. Don't forget! Abati himself used to be a strong critic of d PDP govt before he wa invited to come and share in d loots! Now he's so ovewhelm wt d Bliss of d PDP govt dt He can't keep his mouth shut. How people can change!!!

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    1. civil servant15/6/13 11:23 am

      Hmmmmmm!!!Hw 4getful humans are.Imagine the same Reuben dt once criticises the PDP/Govt, is now the one descending so low in his use of lang in order 2 protect,defend & cover dt same govt he once criticised.This potrays&exposes the kind of personality his oga is.GEJ can't tel me he doesn't no what his boy dish out 2 the citizenry.It is either he instructs him 2 do so or he has left responding to criticism entirely in the hands of his boy or moreso,too busy 2 cross-check what his boy feeds Nigerians.

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