Former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar, has urged Muslims
in the country to portray
Islam positively through the
spirit of tolerance and
commitment to peaceful
coexistence in their
everyday conducts.
In a release from his media
made available to the media,
the Turaki Adamawa denied
making any statement on the
ragging rift between the
principal officers of the
National Assembly and the
federal government through
the Secretary to the
Government of the
Federation (SGF) credited to
him recently.
In his goodwill Sallah
message to Nigerian Muslims
to mark the end of the
Ramadan fasting period, the
former Vice President notes
that the lessons of this Holy
month should be taken
beyond the celebration.
According to him, “Self-
discipline and love for fellow
human beings is one of the
important virtues of the
Ramadan fasting period,
These virtues should not
desert our hearts because
the event has come to an
end.”
The Turaki Adamawa also
advises Muslims and indeed
all Nigerians to continue to
show patience with the
Muhammadu Buhari
administration, which he says
is aware of hardships they
were passing through,
adding however that their
support for the government
would ultimately yield
dividends.
He says President Buhari
should be commended for the
courageous measures he
has taken to ensure public
funds meant for the welfare
of the people and
development of the country
are not stolen and diverted
to private pockets of
individuals.
He assures Nigerians that
their patience will yield
dividends, adding that
“every change comes with
initial challenges, pains and
sacrifices for a better
tomorrow.”
While refuting the recent
statement attributed to him
over the battle of supremacy
between the Senate and the
Attorney General of the
Federation, his media
adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, said
that the former Vice
President was taken by
surprise by a purported
statement attributed to him in
the media.
“The last time Atiku
Abubakar issued a statement
on National Assembly matters
was on July 2, 2015, when
he called for an amicable
resolution of crisis of
confidence from the election
of principal officers, which
bitterly divided the party
leaders and their
supporters.
That statement was titled “It
is time to shift ground and
move to the centre”
“It was not within Atiku
Abubakar’s power to
intervene in support of
either side when his
intervention was not sought.
Although the Turaki Adamawa
didn’t welcome any row
between the executive
branch and the legislature,
which causes needless
distractions at the expense
of governance issues
demanding attention, his July
2, 2015 statement over
internal party tension should
not be twisted, reworked and
attributed to him in order to
make it look like he made a
recent comment on the NASS
vs AG crisis of confidence,”
Ibe noted.

mamabomboy:
Don't worry, when 12million Nigerians will storm Aso rock, we will show you how patient we are. Meanwhile Buhari is a *******

zeemore:
If the present government actually had a clue about putting the economy back on track, then no one would tell us to be patient. As it stands now, we may keep suffering till 2019.