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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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Strange that this is coming from chieflai mohammed of all people. The only person to nbe worse thai lai is femi fani kayode.
ReplyDeleteAm 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.
DeleteLai 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.
ReplyDeleteDon'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!!!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm!!!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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