APC dares Jonathan to sue Akande for libel
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to go to court if he felt libelled by the description of his presidency as a kindergarten presidency by the Interim National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande.

In a statement issued in Accra on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Chief Akande merely told the truth by his characterization of the Jonathan presidency, adding ”Isn’t truth a defense to libel?”

It also said there was nothing strange or wrong in criticizing a democratically-elected President, after all he is neither an Imperial President, a Monarchy nor an Emperor
APC said nothing confirmed Chief Akande’s assertion that Jonathan is running a kindergarten presidency than the crude manner it (presidency) responded to the frank but constructive criticism by the APC National Chairman.

”In the true character of this presidency, its increasingly irreverent and undignified spokesman failed to respond to the issues raised by Chief Akande, and instead chose to haul abuses at a man who is old enough to be his father. Such irresponsible act does no credit to the spokesman or the president he is serving, and Nigerians will definitely not forget such crudity in a hurry.

”Where is the presidency’s response to Chief Akande’s assertion that he has written two letters to the President over the serious challenges facing the country, without getting a response? Where is the presidency’s response to Chief Akande’s assertion that President Jonathan is witch-hunting political opponents? These are the issues that Nigerians are interested in, not how many hours the President sleeps at night because he is supposedly working tirelessly.



”In any case, if indeed this President is working tirelessly, we need to ask who he is working for, because Nigerians have yet to feel the impact of his administration. They are also not interested in the fact that the President once served as a deputy governor, governor and Vice President, because the experiences he supposedly garnered from doing so have not impacted positively on his duty as President. That’s not a surprise, considering that the President owes his meteoric rise in politics to luck and destiny. Nothing else!” the party said

It described the presidency as an under-achieving one, always eager to celebrate tokenism, using questionable statistics.

”As the presidency was composing its empty response to the serious issues raised by our highly-respected Chairman, the African Development Bank was saying in its annual report (African Economic Outlook), quoted by the local media on Sunday, that the proportion of people (Nigerians) living below the national poverty line has worsened from 65.5 per cent in 1996 to 69.0 per cent in 2010, most of those years under the PDP and the last four under President Jonathan.

”What therefore is there to celebrate in a presidency under which power generation has fallen to 2,500MW? What is there to celebrate in a presidency that has only given Nigerians widespread insecurity, unemployment, dilapidated infrastructure, oil theft and unbridled corruption. Of what use is the touted 6% increase in the GDP when over 40% of our youth are unemployed?,” the APC queried.

The party described as a figment of the presidency’s imagination the claim of a feud between its leaders, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, saying the PDP and the presidency have been peddling lies over a phantom feud because they could not fathom how the leadership of the APC could put national interest above personal considerations.

”Mr. President, don’t let your lick-spittle aides deceive you. There is absolutely no feud between the two leaders. Waiting for such a feud is like ‘Waiting for Godot’.” it said.

Mr shroud: If PRESIDENT GEJ runs a kindargaten regime.
In that case- A.P.C must be *old people's home'! *in other news* ridiculing the office of the presidency is not the way forward.

Mr shroud: If PRESIDENT GEJ runs a kindargaten regime.
In that case- A.P.C must be *old people's home'! *in other news* ridiculing the office of the presidency is not the way forward.

Ovamboland:

If you're not a Kindergarten poster can you define the meaning of Libel or libelous statement

boladez:
There is no ridicule in telling someone he needs to raise his game! In the old people's home, you can get lots of experience and good advice intermittently. In the kindergaten all you get is cries wimps and diapers.

The response to Akande by the presidency like always has no substance but just childish tantrums. It just proves mr Akande right. Let them face governance and take the lessons from critics. Even in countries where things work, the leaders are bashed.

The presidency should wake up and work if it needs to show they have worked at all in the last four years.

Ovamboland:

If you're not a Kindergarten poster can you define the meaning of Libel or libelous statement

~Bluetooth:


ROFLMAO

Ovamboland:

If you're not a Kindergarten poster can you define the meaning of Libel or libelous statement

Mr shroud:
ABGAYÀ is that you?

”In the true character of this presidency, its increasingly irreverent and undignified spokesman failed to respond to the issues raised by [size=15pt]Chief Akande, and instead chose to haul abuses at a man who is old enough to be his father[/size].

greatgod2012: Nigeria politics=politics of bitterness.

malele: What kind of stupid party is this, APC concentrate on building ur party leave the president alone, u are distracting him.

Lordave: This APC seems to be a children's play group, a paradise of the lost and most confused.


So they want GEJ to indulge in Truth anD Dare game with them abi?
My able GentlEJ don pass that SHÍT.

alpha conde: If u wud never support APC click something

Judas2013: Divide Nigeria please! That is the only way out

FOLYKAZE:

A Kindergarten presidency has always made Nigerian politics like that of a two years old kid running national administration. Like Akande has citied, we need promotion in our politics from Kindergarten to nursery politics and primary politics........

Other western countries today are in secondary politics, how long shall will be repeating in this political Kindergarten class? We need upgrade and promotion in our political school.

gboss4sure: APC = A Party Of Criminals... If Jonathan Sues Akande now the next headline you will see is: Jonathan Is Undemocratic by APC, And Shara Reporters headline would be: Jonathan Doesn't Understand Democracy By Lai Muhammad.

GEJ ignore those failures, they feels that talking too much will gain them sympathy but they don't know that too much of everything is bad and people get tired of too much talking. na 2015 we go whoop their ass. APC Supporters make una begin now de plan protest for 2015.