Nigeria’s embattled President, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan, has secretly authorised the release of a whopping $12
billion to loyal state governors as a way of retaining their support, a social
crusader has alleged.
Barrister Emeka Ugwuonye, a lawyer
and activist who leads the Due Process Advocates (DPA), made the allegation in
a letter which he wrote to a friend abroad in which he painted a graphic
picture of Nigeria’s current travails. A portion of the letter exclusively
published hours ago by News Express reads:
“There is really no end in sight and
with each new day, we witness signs of grave and gathering crisis. The apparent
break-up of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), with several PDP Governors
decamping to the new party greatly undercuts President Jonathan’s long-standing
preparation to win the next Presidential elections. That only means that the
President would get more desperate. And how would that manifest? I have it on
good authority that in the past one week the President signed or authorized the
payment of 12 billion dollars to the PDP Governors that are supporting him. I
had tried to know exactly what that money was meant to achieve. And it seems
these were payments that would go to these Governors individually. In other
words, this was not some allocation to their states. Obviously, the President
had to do this to keep these Governors from turning their back on him as others
have done. If the President is doing this to keep the Governors loyal, he must
be doing a lot more dangerous things to try to remain in power. There would be
a lot more happening and more money being moved to loyalists as vast war chest
to fight to stay in power.”
This
is getting more and more interesting, according to the Presidency on
sunday, the former FCT Minister who is also the Deputy National
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was
attacking President Goodluck Jonathan, because he sought a favour which
was not granted.
A statement by the Special Assistant (New Media) to the President, Mr. Reno Omokri, in Abuja, described as unfortunate, el-Rufai’s comments contained in the interview published in a national daily on Saturday. Omokri said El-Rufai had also said in the interview that “nothing can make Jonathan succeed and that the President is grossly incompetent, because he doesn’t listen, and doesn’t even understand the issues.” But the Presidential aide urged the public “not to be misled by the machinations of el-Rufai, a man who is in dire need of prayers and perhaps psychological assistance.”
Omokri alleged that “Nasir el-Rufai wanted something from the President which was why he visited him at the Presidential Villa to heap unsolicited praise on the President in 2010.” He added, “When he did not get what he wanted, he became bitter and since the days of yore when the fox that could not get the grapes tagged them ‘sour grapes’ to mask its frustration, it has always been the habit of persons who cannot compete on the basis of ideas to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.” “Thus, El-Rufai, having run out of ideas, has tagged this administration as ‘incompetent,”
Omokri stated. But El-Rufai through his media advisor, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, challenged the Presidency to make public the request he made which was turned down by Jonathan.
He noted that el- Rufai had anticipated the discomfort which his latest newspaper interview would cause the Presidency, and he was not surprised by the resort to innuendos in the statement the Presidency released. He said, “The personal attacks on me cannot redress the competence deficit that afflicts this government or make the poor performance go away. “I have never asked anything from the Jonathan government, and I challenge them to make public any such request.
The history of my meetings with Jonathan upon my return from exile in 2010 is detailed in my book. “Jonathan is the one who requested my support for his presidential ambition, a request I declined. After the three meetings in 2010, they have sent a variety of people to solicit cooperation and make offers which I have rejected. “Regarding my relationship with General Muhammad Buhari, there is no doubt that we have had our differences.
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A statement by the Special Assistant (New Media) to the President, Mr. Reno Omokri, in Abuja, described as unfortunate, el-Rufai’s comments contained in the interview published in a national daily on Saturday. Omokri said El-Rufai had also said in the interview that “nothing can make Jonathan succeed and that the President is grossly incompetent, because he doesn’t listen, and doesn’t even understand the issues.” But the Presidential aide urged the public “not to be misled by the machinations of el-Rufai, a man who is in dire need of prayers and perhaps psychological assistance.”
Omokri alleged that “Nasir el-Rufai wanted something from the President which was why he visited him at the Presidential Villa to heap unsolicited praise on the President in 2010.” He added, “When he did not get what he wanted, he became bitter and since the days of yore when the fox that could not get the grapes tagged them ‘sour grapes’ to mask its frustration, it has always been the habit of persons who cannot compete on the basis of ideas to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.” “Thus, El-Rufai, having run out of ideas, has tagged this administration as ‘incompetent,”
Omokri stated. But El-Rufai through his media advisor, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, challenged the Presidency to make public the request he made which was turned down by Jonathan.
He noted that el- Rufai had anticipated the discomfort which his latest newspaper interview would cause the Presidency, and he was not surprised by the resort to innuendos in the statement the Presidency released. He said, “The personal attacks on me cannot redress the competence deficit that afflicts this government or make the poor performance go away. “I have never asked anything from the Jonathan government, and I challenge them to make public any such request.
The history of my meetings with Jonathan upon my return from exile in 2010 is detailed in my book. “Jonathan is the one who requested my support for his presidential ambition, a request I declined. After the three meetings in 2010, they have sent a variety of people to solicit cooperation and make offers which I have rejected. “Regarding my relationship with General Muhammad Buhari, there is no doubt that we have had our differences.
- See more at: http://www.gistplanet.com/2013/09/nasir-el-rufai-needs-psychological.html#sthash.XTZOpKxz.dpuf
This
is getting more and more interesting, according to the Presidency on
sunday, the former FCT Minister who is also the Deputy National
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was
attacking President Goodluck Jonathan, because he sought a favour which
was not granted.
A statement by the Special Assistant (New Media) to the President, Mr. Reno Omokri, in Abuja, described as unfortunate, el-Rufai’s comments contained in the interview published in a national daily on Saturday. Omokri said El-Rufai had also said in the interview that “nothing can make Jonathan succeed and that the President is grossly incompetent, because he doesn’t listen, and doesn’t even understand the issues.” But the Presidential aide urged the public “not to be misled by the machinations of el-Rufai, a man who is in dire need of prayers and perhaps psychological assistance.”
Omokri alleged that “Nasir el-Rufai wanted something from the President which was why he visited him at the Presidential Villa to heap unsolicited praise on the President in 2010.” He added, “When he did not get what he wanted, he became bitter and since the days of yore when the fox that could not get the grapes tagged them ‘sour grapes’ to mask its frustration, it has always been the habit of persons who cannot compete on the basis of ideas to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.” “Thus, El-Rufai, having run out of ideas, has tagged this administration as ‘incompetent,”
Omokri stated. But El-Rufai through his media advisor, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, challenged the Presidency to make public the request he made which was turned down by Jonathan.
He noted that el- Rufai had anticipated the discomfort which his latest newspaper interview would cause the Presidency, and he was not surprised by the resort to innuendos in the statement the Presidency released. He said, “The personal attacks on me cannot redress the competence deficit that afflicts this government or make the poor performance go away. “I have never asked anything from the Jonathan government, and I challenge them to make public any such request.
The history of my meetings with Jonathan upon my return from exile in 2010 is detailed in my book. “Jonathan is the one who requested my support for his presidential ambition, a request I declined. After the three meetings in 2010, they have sent a variety of people to solicit cooperation and make offers which I have rejected. “Regarding my relationship with General Muhammad Buhari, there is no doubt that we have had our differences.
- See more at: http://www.gistplanet.com/2013/09/nasir-el-rufai-needs-psychological.html#sthash.XTZOpKxz.dpuf
A statement by the Special Assistant (New Media) to the President, Mr. Reno Omokri, in Abuja, described as unfortunate, el-Rufai’s comments contained in the interview published in a national daily on Saturday. Omokri said El-Rufai had also said in the interview that “nothing can make Jonathan succeed and that the President is grossly incompetent, because he doesn’t listen, and doesn’t even understand the issues.” But the Presidential aide urged the public “not to be misled by the machinations of el-Rufai, a man who is in dire need of prayers and perhaps psychological assistance.”
Omokri alleged that “Nasir el-Rufai wanted something from the President which was why he visited him at the Presidential Villa to heap unsolicited praise on the President in 2010.” He added, “When he did not get what he wanted, he became bitter and since the days of yore when the fox that could not get the grapes tagged them ‘sour grapes’ to mask its frustration, it has always been the habit of persons who cannot compete on the basis of ideas to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.” “Thus, El-Rufai, having run out of ideas, has tagged this administration as ‘incompetent,”
Omokri stated. But El-Rufai through his media advisor, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, challenged the Presidency to make public the request he made which was turned down by Jonathan.
He noted that el- Rufai had anticipated the discomfort which his latest newspaper interview would cause the Presidency, and he was not surprised by the resort to innuendos in the statement the Presidency released. He said, “The personal attacks on me cannot redress the competence deficit that afflicts this government or make the poor performance go away. “I have never asked anything from the Jonathan government, and I challenge them to make public any such request.
The history of my meetings with Jonathan upon my return from exile in 2010 is detailed in my book. “Jonathan is the one who requested my support for his presidential ambition, a request I declined. After the three meetings in 2010, they have sent a variety of people to solicit cooperation and make offers which I have rejected. “Regarding my relationship with General Muhammad Buhari, there is no doubt that we have had our differences.
- See more at: http://www.gistplanet.com/2013/09/nasir-el-rufai-needs-psychological.html#sthash.XTZOpKxz.dpuf
In an interview with News Express,
Ugwuonye, who last week returned to his United States base after spending
months in his native Nigeria, insisted that the information is authentic,
saying: “I got it from a very credible source.”
Efforts made by News Express to get
the Presidency’s reaction were futile as presidential spokesmen Reuben Abati
and Doyin Okupe did not respond to text messages sent to them seeking their
reaction to the allegation.
President Jonathan has been
embattled in the past few months following stiff challenge from a hostile
opposition, which now controls 11 of Nigeria’s 36 states under the banner of
the newly registered All Progressives Congress and, lately, from seven rebel
PDP governors working in concert with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Source: NEWS EXPRESS
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