"I've paid my dues; every one of my critics tell me where they were at the most critical moments in Nigeria history"- Bishop Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese reacts to Femi Adesina's comments on his criticism of the presidency.

CATHOLIC Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Hassan Kukah on Tuesday said Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu have done a poor job as presidential spokespersons.

Kukah said this on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television.

The cleric was reacting to accusations levelled against him by Adesina and Shehu, who claimed he was an enemy of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The presidential spokespersons had attacked Kukah after he criticised Buhari in an Easter Message.

Hitting back at the presidency, Kukah said the presidential spokesmen have paid less attention to providing Nigerians with clarity on government policies and their effect and were more focused on issuing statements that pre-empt the president.

They are used to writing statements as opposed to talking to Nigerians about policies, and what this tells you is: ninety-nine per cent of the things they write are simply second-guessing what is in the president’s mind.

“All they are doing is simply writing on behalf of the president. There is nowhere in the world where a job of this nature is being done and has been done so poorly,” he said

Reiterating his stance that Buhari had performed poorly, Kukah added that the president had shown an inability to manage diversity within the country.

“President Buhari knows that I have the greatest respect for him, and I believe he is a gentleman. But for me, he has done a terribly bad job as president of Nigeria,” he said.

Adesina and Shehu had earlier reacted to Kukah’s criticism of Buhari’s administration in his Easter message, where he condemned the Buhari-led administration over the division, corruption and insecurity ravaging the country.

Referring to the Easter message, Adesina had said via his Twitter handle that critics were the reason for division in the country and not Buhari’s administration.

Shehu also released a statement on Monday night, accusing the Bishop of nursing hatred for the president and daring him to put away his religious garb and join partisan politics.

https://www.icirnigeria.org/femi-adesina-garba-shehu-have-done-a-bad-job-as-spokespersons-kukah/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrQVZFd74c

Bad govt begets reactions at every corner of the country. Pls patronise us today for your power steering pump of all car models.

Ok

We are waiting for that useless femi adesina after 2023 elections.
The same fate that befell oliseh metuh awaits him..

Very useless afonja sell out.

Kukah said the presidential spokesmen have paid less attention to providing Nigerians with clarity on government policies and their effect and were more focused on issuing statements that pre-empt the president.

They are used to writing statements as opposed to talking to Nigerians about policies, and what this tells you is: ninety-nine per cent of the things they write are simply second-guessing what is in the president’s mind.

The present sets of presidential spokesmen are the most useless much more than the failure they are defending.

MadeINchenzen2:
https://www.icirnigeria.org/femi-adesina-garba-shehu-have-done-a-bad-job-as-spokespersons-kukah/
Femi Adesina and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu have done a poor job as presidential spokespersons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrQVZFd74c
“All they are doing is simply writing on behalf of the president. There is nowhere in the world where a job of this nature is being done and has been done so poorly,” he said

Reiterating his stance that Buhari had performed poorly, Kukah added that the president had shown an inability to manage diversity within the country.
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Hmmmmmm

Morgan9:
We are waiting for that useless femi adesina after 2023 elections.
The same fate that befell oliseh metuh awaits him..

Very useless afonja sell out.

Brotherly, that guy go collect.

Bishop Kukah, there is no need replying zombies not to mention the chief zombies.

We knnow how it is with the zombie urchins here on nairaland

I hope sir you know what zombies are.

If you do sir, pls kindly desist from replying the chief zombies because it is a plain waste of God's given precious time.

From a concerned nairalander

Thank you for speaking and standing for the truth in this dark period of our history

Dexpro:


Brotherly, that guy go collect.

lol

Tochi3:
Bishop Kukah, there is no need replying zombies not to mention the chief zombies.

We knnow how it is with the zombie urchins here on nairaland

I hope sir you know what zombies are.

If you do sir, pls kindly desist from replying the chief zombies because it is a plain waste of God's given precious time.

From a concerned nairalander

Thank you for speaking and standing for the truth in this dark period of our history

we need more people to stand up and speak the truth... I am glad they are turning up

The only thing Femi and Garba are doing is replying Buhari's critics

Yeah

That's what the aides and supporters of this failed government are good at. Negative response to negative criticisms.

They can't even go back into their shells for a moment and regurgitate the negative feedback they have just received and see what aspect of the feedback they can improve on.

Instead, one overzealous aide quickly drafts out a monotonous response and pushes it out for public consumption. May God almighty intervene. Amen

Buhari has done a terribly bad job as president of Nigeria, Adesina and Shehu has done a lot worse. Men are so empty!

Clueless and moronic APC governance...

Dundees in governance supported by zombies

I fully support bishop kukah

Ok

The President's media handlers pick on everyone who criticizes the President and the government on issues, instead of engaging the person, using it as avenue to shed more light on their stewardship/policies or direction.. , it's unfortunate.

The bishop did the right!!!
If bishop no talk, na who go talk!!!!!??

All I know about Kukah is that he's a PDP apologist so he's free to criticize the opposition whichever way he deem fit to make way for his party.

Ffk said more than this before but today he's in the APC.

We can't wait for 2023 let's vote and kick these failures out!go get ur PVC,vote don't count on comments

Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina are miserable bunch of errand boys. Their threats and innuendos cannot stop the prophetic truth. The country is in a mess, and everyone knows that. A dirge that seems unstoppable.

This miyan kukah seem jobless sefff.....Oga the best reply is no reply at All.

Aufbauh:
All I know about Kukah is that he's a PDP apologist so he's free to criticize the opposition whichever way he deem fit to make way for his party.

Ffk said more than this before but today he's in the APC.

That's not the point... Wetin kukah talk na fact abi na lie?

Criticism is part of government, so why are theis set of political urchins always scared of criticism?

Sir, those idiots are inconsequential in this matter, you've directed your speech to the man concerned, you have no business with those ones, Nigerians don't know if those ones exist in reality or on paper.

Femi Adeshitna

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