The
presidency has addressed reports making rounds that Nigerian governors
are meeting in Abuja to send emissaries to see President Muhammadu
Buhari in London.
President Buhari
The Federal Government has denied reports that governors are
meeting in Abuja on Thursday to send emissaries to see President
Muhammadu Buhari.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
stated the position on Thursday in Abuja when he received a delegation
of the Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative.
He said, “I want to say categorically and emphatically that
there is no iota of truth in this. Governors are not meeting in Abuja
because there is no need for it. There is no plan to send emissary to
London to see the President.
“Again, I want to say that the president is hale and hearty in
London where he is observing his 10-day vacation. Let us all shun the
negative reports insinuating the president illness and death.
“We implore those behind this outright falsehood to desist. It
is because Nigeria exists that they can practice their profession. We
implore them to stop overheating the society.’’
The minister told the delegation that his ministry is very
passionate about the North-East and has put the region’s concerns and
developmental agenda in the front burner of its activities.
He explained that until Nigeria took possession of the insurgency
war in the region, full rehabilitation, reconstruction and resettlement
would not take place.
According to him, the country is winning the war against terror and
there is need to celebrate the military that is prosecuting the war.
“We are also aware there is bigger war to be won which is
healing the wounds that have been created by the insurgency. The
ministry is particular about ensuring that correct information about the
North East is disseminated,’’ he said.
The minister said that the PCNI had a tall mandate but expressed
confidence in the leader and members of the committee to deliver.
He said his ministry was ready to assist the committee in any way, particularly in information dissemination.
-NAN
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