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A former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has explained why a former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami,…

A former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has explained why a former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, was annoying to some people in the immediate past federal administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Fashola who alongside Pantami served in the Buhari cabinet, said one of the reasons was Pantami’s dedication to getting things rights at all times and every ‘T’ and ‘I’ crossed and dotted.

The former Lagos State governor said this on Wednesday in Abuja in his keynote, at the public presentation of a 341-page book titled ‘A Scholar’s Journey: Navigating Academia’, written by Prof. Pantami.

“I got to know Prof. Pantami as my colleague in the Federal Executive Council (FEC), where he served as Minister for Communication and Digital Economy during 2019 to 2023. His passion and attention to detail are very well known. His desire to have every ‘T’ and ‘I’ crossed and dotted in every document was almost annoying for some people.

“But our memoranda and our cabinet records are undoubtedly better off in terms of accuracy, having been impacted by what I call the Pantami effect. He was essentially our ‘Mr. Compliance’. Either your memo, if it was a tech memo that did not have a NITDA certificate, he would be the first one to see it, and he won’t keep quiet.

“And if your vision and missions did not align, he would let you know very clearly. But he was Mr. Compliance to a good cause. As I said, our records are better off for the ‘Pantami effect’. At a time when truth is the endangered by fake news, when history is threatened by revisionists, books that profess a factual basis, which report history and events accurately, become all the more important to preserve the foundations of our civilization,” Fashola said.

Fashola said the launch is auspicious that such a book dwells on scholarship and academia, which are qualities urgently needed to drive national development.

The event was also attended by Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum; Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya; Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule; former Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Danjuma Goje; former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kyode; and former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed among others.

Fayemi in his remark commended Pantami for achieving many developmental strides for Nigerian, including broadband penetration which was about 23 per cent as at 2019 and which rose to about 50 per cent currently and also internet penetration to about 87 per cent.

Prof. Pantami in his remark expressed appreciation to everyone present and other who contributed to making the event successful, promising to continue to contribute to the body of knowledge for national development.

https://dailytrust.com/why-pantami-annoyed-some-persons-in-buharis-cabinet-fashola/

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Pantami is/was a terrorist sympathizer, and that's why sensible Nigerians were annoyed with him.

Did Pantami actually meant well and represent the opposite of what the media outcries projected him to be.

The man was greatly accused back then.

The same Pantami who was made a professor of FUTO without following due process

Fashola, dey play, you hear?

This one everyone in Buhari's government is throwing shots at one another, I can imagine how disfunctional the administration was.

Everyone was a king answerable to a king who felt he was dealing with his subjects.

Ok

Who gives a hoot.

Pantami was and is still annoying because he remains an Unapologetic Terrorist and a Religious Bigot just like that useless Nairaland terrorist called Postinor

So what positive effect has that on Nigerians after spending 8 years as Minister

Terrorism enabler 🙄

His attention to details amounted to nothing in reality, the masses saw no effect or good result from his paying attention to details.

what about his sympathizing with terrorists

This morning I see long queue of people trying to do his useless NIN
Somebody dash me that book make I light my charcoal stove warm beans abeg..
Bonjour balablu..
The asiwaju of insecurity,
As you comot yesterday na only 40 people dem kpai for Mangu o!

You probably would never know or have a hint of how much effort some people put into what you Rubbish.

Laslas, it only when your effort yields the Right result that people will celebrate you.

Na why dem dey talk say who Pass na hin know book.

How has that made Nigeria a better place? After crossing every T and dotting every I, bandits and kidnappers are still roaming unchecked, criminals are still using sim cards to communicate, fraud is still rampant, and the hell hole called Nigeria is at its lowest ebb.

Stupid eye service people who are experts in exerting energy on motion without movement.

The way these political leeches portray themselves as being intelligent is ridiculous. What has this guy contributed academically other than made an undeserving minister whose aims are religious fanatism!

GOD BLESS NIGERIA 🇳🇬 🙏

So many revelations.
I hope somebody will also come out to talk about how much was stolen by the cabals as well.

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And yet his compliance couldn't get to the terrorist terrorizing the entire country with Banditry, kidnapping for ransonme, insecurity in every region of the country.

Dey play sir.

Past issues remains in the past



lets tackle present issues... Eba yiibo is now N1500 per plate... sumtin of N400 before

A terrorist. Everyone for Buhari government dey craze

Tor

That administration was far far better than this current one even though Buhar was minus. This current over sabi man is destroying everything.

Professor indeed!

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