It said since
Tinubu “spoke for himself,” his opinion should not be misconstrued
to be that of the Yoruba.
The Senior Special Assistant to
President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, stated
this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday.
Okupe said that Tinubu’s initial
reaction on arrival from his overseas medical trip on October 5 was
not well-thought-out.
The former governor, who is also the
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, had described the
national dialogue as “a Greek gift and an act of
public deception” which was ill-timed because of its
closeness to the forthcoming 2015 elections.
But Okupe said the
comment of the former governor was roundly
opposed , rejected and condemned by a clear majority of Nigerian people,
especially the “authentic Yoruba leadership” in the
South-West.
He, however, did not
mention the authentic Yoruba leaders in the South-West.
The Presidential aide said, “It
is therefore clear and unarguable that whatever position the APC Leader holds
on the issue of the national conference does not represent the views of the
majority of Yoruba people in the South-West.”
He argued that Tinubu’s
assertion that there was an ulterior motive for the conference was surely
conjectural and speculative, adding that such a position had no
foundations in any reasoning or logic.
Okupe said it wrong for Tinubu
to cite the non-implementation of the Justice Muhammed Uwais committee
recommendations on electoral reforms as a basis for his action.
He said the conduct of
governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, where the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party lost to the opposition, was hailed by the majority of
Nigerians, including Tinubu.
“One therefore wonders the mischief
that Tinubu intended to play by the alleged non-implementation of reports of
the Justice Uwais committee on electoral reforms,” Okupe added.
On whether the President would be
bold enough to implement the outcome of the conference, Okupe said this was the
first time a Federal Government took a bold initiative to call for a national
conference without “no-go-areas.”
In order to realise this, he said the
President had given the advisory committee headed by Senator Femi
Okurounmu the power to determine its nature and or structure.
Okupe also dismissed the claim by
Tinubu that the President was organising the conference at a time the PDP was
embroiled in internal crises.
He said, “The APC leader, as usual,
is completely off target. Desperate politicians and self-seeking political
leaders tend to believe that their quest for power or insatiable appetite for
wealth accumulation through politics is superior to the genuine desires and
innate aspiration of the ordinary Nigerians.
“While the Tinubus of this world
focus only on the 2015 general elections, most patriotic ordinary Nigerians are
more concerned with the emergence of a united country based
on equity and justice .”
Okupe said that Tinubu wanted the
Yoruba nation and indeed the people of Lagos State to believe that he was
sincere in rendering public service.
He called on Nigerians to ignore “the
vituperation of the so-called leaders who don’t see anything good in anyone or
any programme except they are either in control or that it is
tailored to satisfy their inordinate desires and greed.
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We are Nigerians we know what are all doing,Tinubu shuld try and put d country first b4 all dis political stuff he is talking abt. He should concentrate on how to make dis country good instead of all dis things he his saying.
ReplyDeleteDoes Tinubu thinks APC is better than PDP? He shuld stop all this drama he is acting and join hands in making d country great. To Me APC or PDP are all ssme,he shuld be talking abt party but abt the country, we need peace
ReplyDeleteHmm, tinubu again ?
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ReplyDeleteIt it very unfortunate that many of you don't understand political mathematics in this country .definitly, there is ulterior motive for calling a national confab at this time.Doyin should not forget that Tinubu gave GED all the south west vote in 2011 befor they fell out due to how GED wanted to use cover net power to retrieve the money paid to Tinubu. Tinubu also thought him that he is smarter through how he got himself off the the hook.GED is a failure
ReplyDeleteSo Tinubu is d one dat voted in d whole Southwest!
ReplyDeleteThey should stpp disturbing GEJ abeg.. All crriminals... Apc as a party will be worse if n power.
ReplyDeleteOne thing everybody in dis country including Jonathan n Obasanjo n their likes is dat Tinubu is very brilliant n bold n he is a man if he talks u haf to listen else u will become a fool later Okupe is just saying nonsense to impress his master dat pays him,we all know dat Jonathan has been a president for 4 years n more now n we Nigerians are been calling 4 dis conference 4 a long tym now,pls my fellow people God has blessed wit wisdom n reasoning y now dat he is desperate 4 another term n d north n oppositional party n majority of Nigerians telling him we don't want u again dat is wen he is organising national conference to threaten d northerns if not divide d country, think of it.It is true u will see it later by then u will know Asiwaju Bola Ahmed JAGABAN 1 of d whole wide world is indeed blessed wit wisdom n longer sight n sense of administration n leadership quality by God.Watch out!
ReplyDeleteI love this statement; ignore “the vituperation of the so-called leaders who don’t see anything good in anyone or any programme except they are either in control or that it is tailored to satisfy their inordinate desires and greed".
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