Built into the fabric of the right to choose is also the right to make mistakes and so, across Africa at this moment, in Nigeria, Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, Burundi, Guinea Conakry, Rwanda, the lessons are being driven home, as elections are being held or have been held or will be held, that even as democracy spreads within the continent, the tension between stabilization and consolidation, trade offs and efficiency, pessimism and optimism, ethnocentrism and nationalism, remains a major concern.
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If President Jonathan had returned to power on May 29, 2015, these same persons would have remained in the corridors of power, displaying all forms of ethnic triumphalism
As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space.…
Abati, through his Twitter handle, also announced the appointment of Abba’s replacement
Abati, who spoke on Dateline Abuja, a Channels Television programme monitored by our correspondent, said the Boko Haram insurgency has been a challenge for the Federal Government, but hastened to assure that the President will not give up on it
Abati said if the publication is not withdrawn, a court action would follow suit
While the scammers created a fake account on social media network, Facebook, for Ochekpe, they issued a statement from the email box of Abati, quoting him as saying President Goodluck Jonathan had revealed the location of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls
Funimlade had his convocation last week in London in the presence of his siblings, mum and Abati, who despite his tight schedule was also on ground to felicitate with his boy
A statement issued in Abuja by presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the allegation as contained in the media report was the handiwork of detractors
The presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the statement in reaction to a statement credited to the APC accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of abdicating his responsibility in the fight against terrorism
The issue of national security should go beyond partisan politics. This is a very serious moment requiring seriousness. But to reduce all of that to partisan politics is in bad taste, irresponsible one-upmanship
Rather, the Presidency said Sanusi should attend to the allegations of misappropriation of funds levelled against him
Addressing State House correspondents on Thursday afternoon, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Sanusi’s removal has nothing to do with the controversies being generated by the allegations of non-remittance of oil money into Federation Account by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
The contract, awarded in favour of Messrs Marina Energy Limited, is expected to be completed within 25 months, Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly FEC meeting
Abati said that it was inconceivable that AfDB’s report came barely a
month after the United Nations gave an award to Nigeria for its
efforts at reducing poverty significantly in the country
According to Abati, some other council members are also taking part in
the lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia
The statement reads in full: “The Presidency totally rejects the false, hypocritical and self-serving claim by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu at a lecture in Kaduna on Saturday that Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan is a “sinking ship” in which the yearnings of the masses are being neglected by a tyrannical leadership
In executing this sovereign objective, President Jonathan explicitly directed that the operations be conducted in line with applicable rules of engagement and peculiar care in managing a unique situation
Abati explained that those who own private jets are expected to limit such to private use and not turning it into ‘kabu kabu’ of a sort
The statement, by presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Mohammed was only attempting to turn the truth on its head