Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President
Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, has advised critics of the President to go
for psychiatric test.
Okupe said this on Wednesday while reacting to comments made
by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was reacting to attacks made by
members of Islamic group, Boko Haram.
Atiku had in an international press conference blamed the
government for the security situation in the North.
Okupe said such statement was not expected from someone of
Atiku’s status:
“Those people saying that this government is clueless need
psychiatric test. From now on, anybody who says this government is clueless
should be referred to a psychiatrist.
“It is obvious that people are also trying to make mileage
of insurgency. On Monday, a very notable member of the Nigerian leadership
institution, in particular Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, took a swipe at the Federal
Government and at the President.
“You know, it’s difficult to comment publicly about people
who have held very important and highly dignified position in our polity, but
when people go to the extent of trying to make political gains out of national
tragedy, it is difficult not to say something because this is part of the
misinformation which the Nigerian public has been subjected to.
“Atiku said that we have problems with leadership, both
political leadership and military leadership. For a former Vice President, I
believe the comments passed by Atiku Abubakar, I don’t want to use the word
‘irresponsible’, but I will say it is a little bit out of place.
“It is not something you expect from an elder statesman,
somebody who has been in the system and who understands how government works.”
Source: Punch
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