The war of words
between the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on
Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin
Okupe, and the former
Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory, Malam Nasir el-
Rufai, escalated Okupe,
yesterday, said: “All the
fallacies, deceits,
misinformation and
disinformation about
incompetence and non-
performance of the President
Goodluck Jonathan’s
admiration as alleged by El-
Rufai were unfounded, not
supported by facts on
ground and are, therefore,
outright falsehood.”
In a statement by Mr.
Olusanya Awosan, Media
Director to the SSA, he noted
that the call for concerted
efforts to face the challenges
confronting the nation does
not amount to “out-sourcing
governance” or “begging the
opposition for ideas.”
He said: “It is clear that with
the prolonged existence of
the fundamental factors of
our current challenges, these
challenges cannot be
resolved by any ‘microwave’
approach but rather by
painstaking analyses, robust
planning and precise
execution of policies and
programmes, all of which
this administration has been
dutifully engaged in and
which positive results are
gradually manifesting.
“It is unfortunate that Dr.
Okupe’s call for unified
disposition in the face of
present challenges has been
misconstrued by the ‘patriot’
Mallam El Rufai and
presented as ‘outsourcing
governance’ or ‘begging the
opposition for ideas’.
“The fact is in times of
national challenges in any
fully integrated society, the
elite class does
spontaneously come
together, in a non-partisan
manner, to address such
issues of national
importance.
“We sympathise with Mallam
El-Rufai, because he is
obviously constrained and
motivated by the prevailing,
fractionalised elite structure
in our country; hence his
unfortunate
misinterpretation of Dr.
Okupe’s patriotic call to
national duty.”
“Our brother should not hide
his political frustration and
deep-seated hatred
propelled by other reasons
best known to him, in his
attempt to demean this
administration and discount
its unwavering commitment
to progress and
development.”

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