Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Media and Publicity have hit back at Olisa Metuh, the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Publicity Secretary for spreading fallacy regarding the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as acting national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Adesina said: “We have noted with regret, the latest tirade against President Muhammadu Buhari issued today by the PDP’s Spokesman, Mr Olisa Metuh.

“Other than boring reporters at his press conference with a rehash of baseless allegations of inaction against the President, Mr Metuh clearly had nothing new to say apart from his charge of nepotism and partisanship in the appointment of the Acting INEC Chairman, which also lacks any factual foundation.

“President Buhari certainly did not “overrule” Prof. Attahiru Jega in appointing Mrs Amina Zakari as the acting INEC Chairman, as Mr Metuh alleged.

Prof. Jega’s purported handing over to another Commissioner cannot be construed as an “appointment” because only the President has the constitutional authority, which he exercised to appoint Mrs Zakari as acting Chairman of INEC.

“Contrary to Mr Metuh’s allegations, President Buhari’s appointment of Mrs Zakari as acting INEC Chariman was based entirely on merit, her vast experience in the internal operations of INEC and the President’s commitment to affirmative action in support of gender equality, because, apart from being fully qualified for the position, Mrs Zakari was the only woman among the six Commissioners considered.

“Due Process was certainly followed in Mrs Zakari’s appointment. Mr Metuh’s spurious claims of her appointment having been influenced by “personal relationship with the Presidency” and a Governor in the North-West “to pave the way for the APC” at election tribunals should be disregarded by the public.

“The allegations are nothing but falsehoods contrived by Mr Metuh to unjustly denigrate a President popularly elected by Nigerians to undo the damage done to the nation by years of PDP rule.

“His claim that the PDP has rejected Mrs Zakari’s appointment is also laughable after he had admitted that the right and power of the President to make such appointments cannot be questioned,” Adesina said in his statement.

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/07/02/femi-adesina-blasts-metuh-again-says-buhari-was-right-to-appoint-zakari-as-inec-boss/

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Adesina is so on point...





Cheeeeers

Can u imagine pesin wey get thread hs been deprive FTC slot.

CC Lalasticlala must hear this

Metuh should wait till his party gain popularity before parading himself as a spoke person of a dead party

Olisah Metuh is a "wailing wailer."
God bless the President.

I will read it wen i wake up

Shior

femi adesina so on point on dis one,by d way dis metuh nor dey shame sef.. spokesman of a sick dead gone and buried party.. mtcheew

PDP is a party of crooks and injustice. If Mrs Zakaria is the second in command to Jega, why would you complain that Buhari reverse Wali who is not the second in command to do the right thing? The days when the 7th junior officer is placed above his seniors is over Mr Methu. Go and bury your head in shame. Who appointed Zakaria to the commission? Is it not Jonathan, so why the complain now? Is she because she is a lady? PDP you failed in this argument.

And so they keep talking like this till another 4years is gone.wy te hell is this country like this?

Ok

PDP should better come to terms with the fact that they now irrelevant.

PDP should better come to terms with the fact that they are now irrelevant.

Olisa Metu Last Ditch

again?

The office makes them blab. Still waiting for change but all we see are negative signs or signs that status quo is been maintained in a tribalistic way

ss

Nonsense

Hmm....


It seems like Femi Adesina has begun taking classes from Doyin Okupe.

He's been spitting fire and brimstone of recent!!

Femi is now the barking dog abi na attack lion?




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carinmom:
PDP should better come to terms with the fact that they are now irrelevant.

Irrelevant how?

Better tell APC to start working

Keep Blasting, but please, you guys shouldn't blast Naija off

Watching these men from a distance

We have another okupe on our hands...SMH

Metuh isn't in any position to criticised whoever PMB appointed.

APC should keep quiet & face the reality. in other news, $1 = 230naira. mr go-slow baba dogoyaro, when will $1 = 1naira? we r watching. Nonsense!

Olisa again

LOL

Sister Lisa Metuh the wailing wailer......Nollywood take Note!