THE presidency, on Friday, rubbished the purported endorsement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), by The Economist, a London, England-based magazine.
According to the presidency, foreign opinion writers have no say in the coming election as only patriotic Nigerians would vote.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja, expressed confidence that in spite of the magazine’s “baseless, jaundiced and rather malicious vilification” of the president, he would be re-elected by Nigerians whose confidence and trust, the presidency observed, were still retained by Jonathan.
“We have noted with surprise, The Economist’s tongue-in-cheek endorsement of General Muhammadu Buhari in the run-up to Nigeria’s general elections and the international magazine’s baseless, jaundiced and rather malicious vilification of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who retains the trust and confidence of majority of Nigerians as the outcome of the presidential election will undoubtedly show.
“We are sure that many Nigerians and other readers of the usually urbane, thoughtful and well-reasoned editorial opinions of The Economist will be shocked that the magazine has taken the very ill-considered decision to throw its weight behind a candidate who, as a former military dictator, curtailed freedom of speech, ordered the kidnapping of opponents and jailing of journalists, and is accused of incitement to violence and grave human rights violations in Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation.
“The Economist may feign ignorance of President Jonathan’s remarkable achievements as leader of his country in the past six years, but Nigerians who, unlike the magazine’s opinion writers, will actually vote in the country’s forthcoming presidential election, know that President Jonathan has worked very hard to fulfil all the major promises he made to them on assumption of office,” the statement read in part.
Source: #Tribune News.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja, expressed confidence that in spite of the magazine’s “baseless, jaundiced and rather malicious vilification” of the president, he would be re-elected by Nigerians whose confidence and trust, the presidency observed, were still retained by Jonathan.
“We have noted with surprise, The Economist’s tongue-in-cheek endorsement of General Muhammadu Buhari in the run-up to Nigeria’s general elections and the international magazine’s baseless, jaundiced and rather malicious vilification of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who retains the trust and confidence of majority of Nigerians as the outcome of the presidential election will undoubtedly show.
“We are sure that many Nigerians and other readers of the usually urbane, thoughtful and well-reasoned editorial opinions of The Economist will be shocked that the magazine has taken the very ill-considered decision to throw its weight behind a candidate who, as a former military dictator, curtailed freedom of speech, ordered the kidnapping of opponents and jailing of journalists, and is accused of incitement to violence and grave human rights violations in Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation.
“The Economist may feign ignorance of President Jonathan’s remarkable achievements as leader of his country in the past six years, but Nigerians who, unlike the magazine’s opinion writers, will actually vote in the country’s forthcoming presidential election, know that President Jonathan has worked very hard to fulfil all the major promises he made to them on assumption of office,” the statement read in part.
Source: #Tribune News.
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