Yes,Goodluck Is Indeed A Kindergarten Politician..El Rufai

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday supported the Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, that President Goodluck Jonathan is a kindergarten leader.

el-Rufai said Jonathan has no right to insult APC leaders for criticising his administration.

The former FCT minister noted that Dr Jonathan has been lying to Nigerians on his administration’s achievements.

In a statement in Abuja by his spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, the former minister said: “I still recall how one of my sons behaved before going into kindergarten. He did not know how to share toys or food. He threw tantrums whenever he failed to get his way or insulted his siblings or sulked whenever he was criticised. But with years of parental effort at home and intervention of handlers in nursery school, our son learnt the virtues of sharing, inclusion and getting along with those 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 a civilised language.

“APC Chairman Bisi Akande’s characterisation of Jonathan as a kindergarten president explained everything. 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 to time.

“It was Aeschylus, the ancient Greek dramatist, who said: ‘In war, truth is the first casualty’. Thank God! Despite the provocations of the Dokubo-Asaris and the Edwin Clarks, Nigeria is not at war. But the Presidency and presidential hangers-on have distorted democratic politics into some sort of warfare.

“President Jonathan’s response to an interview I granted at the weekend is indicative that truth has become a casualty in his shoddy attempt to belittle the salient issues concerning Nigeria, which I spoke about. The weighty fact is that the President is the promoter and apostle of ethnic and religious division of Nigeria, purely for political gains!”