In a statement on Thursday, the Presidency said Pantami’s ordeal in the hands of those calling for his sack was not about his past utterances but about his current job as a minister.
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the Presidency’s position know in a statement titled ‘Statement by the Presidency on recent campaign against the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.”
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The Presidency aligned itself with the submission of the embattled minister that he was young when he made those statements and that his position had since changed.
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It said the minister would never repeat such statements since he had condemned them and apologised.
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The statement read, “Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter how long ago, and even after they have later rejected them.
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“This insidious phenomenon seeks to cancel the careers of others on the basis of a thing they have said, regardless of when they said it.
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“The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is, currently, subject to a ‘cancel campaign’ instigated by those who seek his removal.
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“They do not really care what he may or may not have said some 20 years ago: that is merely the instrument they are using to attempt to ‘cancel’ him. But they will profit should he be stopped from making decisions that improve the lives of everyday Nigerians.
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the Presidency’s position know in a statement titled ‘Statement by the Presidency on recent campaign against the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.”
.
The Presidency aligned itself with the submission of the embattled minister that he was young when he made those statements and that his position had since changed.
.
It said the minister would never repeat such statements since he had condemned them and apologised.
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The statement read, “Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter how long ago, and even after they have later rejected them.
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“This insidious phenomenon seeks to cancel the careers of others on the basis of a thing they have said, regardless of when they said it.
.
“The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is, currently, subject to a ‘cancel campaign’ instigated by those who seek his removal.
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“They do not really care what he may or may not have said some 20 years ago: that is merely the instrument they are using to attempt to ‘cancel’ him. But they will profit should he be stopped from making decisions that improve the lives of everyday Nigerians.
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31 comments:
Terrorist government... Make thunder fire anyone who says Biafra won't be restored in this generation.
Nigeria we hail thee!May God help us in this country
Boko Haram government.
Nothing surprising. Kwantinu showing ya true colours.
Of course they will stand behind him naaa. All una plans will never work! It is just a matter of time.
They will support him.
Terrorist government
Step up your relocation hustle if you have the means. You're being governed by terrorists and shit ain't about to get better. This guy isn't just being supported by the terrorist government, the entire aboki kindred is right behind him.
Lugard, I curse you this morning. I might opt for Hell just to make sure I meet up with you there and deal blows on you. I hate you. I detest everything you stand for.
And this comes as a surprise to who exactly?
Bros like you just settle down dey type rubbish @your second paragraph😒😒😒
Amen!!! The country is literally a mess already
They are all the same.
Young at 33. Okay
Imagine
Nne...are you surprised? I was in the east when Owerri was on fire. Before you could say jack, soldiers everywhere. Why not use that same energy in the North?
Anyways, I'm happy he is persona non grata to US & Europe...same thing with El-Rufai.
😂😂😂😂
But is Biafra really the solution? I think the current govt in power is the problem. No other govt have been so into terrorism like this one. Why not ask of restructuring.
I am not in the least surprised, no be Bubu govt again? Na Boko Haram govt we dey so, they want to turn here to Afghanistan but God no go gree.
You know this! Cut from same cloth. He was young when he said it yen yen. Tell that to the families of Nigerian christians killed in the North for years now. Things fall apart. The centre can no longer hold. It is only a matter of time now.
This govt is cursed. Terrorists in power.
How can a terrorist fire his colleague????? Thank God I got out. Ndo to my family still in that miserable country
Exactly fire your colleague in crime. O wrong na. He will sing like a canary once he is left out. APC terriorist government
Do these people look like they want to restructure? After all they claim Nigeria belong to them, no be to pack your load and leave remain
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Abeg help me give am better knock for head too
But you no try o, you for put me for your hand bag this country no be am
Never expected less... In a developed and moral government, he did be in jail facing investigation.
For me, its not just Biafra, but total disintegration into 4 countries
When Buhari is the leader, why won't he support his fellow terrorist? Shior.
They just showed Nigerians the kind of people they are.Buharis indifference to insecurity in Nigeria should further prove it.
E no go better for people wey vote for this jihads for the second term.
Na where Southerners dey their power dey surface. Demons.
the government,pantami, and elrufai are same. terrorists!
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