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A ction Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has congratulated the wife of the President, Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan, on her miraculous return from the dead, as it slammed the Presidency for telling lies about the health situation of President Goodluck Jonathan. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the revelation by the First Lady on the extent of her illness made the Federal Government to lose whatever was left of its credibility over the handling of her illness saga, especially the fact that she passed out for seven days before God miraculously brought her back to life, could not but elicit joy among Nigerians, irrespective of their political leanings. ACN however stated that Nigerians must be wondering Daily Newswatch Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4 national Presidency must beg over First Lady’s illness - ACN ADEWALE AJAYI why the government they elected into oĜce chose to lie that the First Lady was holidaying abroad when indeed she was gravely ill in a foreign hospital. “While we felicitate with the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on her recovery from whatever illness it was that aĝicted her, we will be remiss if we fail to recollect how the Presidency denied ‘rumours’ of her illness and poured scorn on the media and the imaginary enemies of the government for fuelling the ‘satanic rumours’. “We will also like to remind the Presidency that its denial, instead of full disclosure that would have elicited nothing more than fervent prayers from Nigerians, fuelled the rumours that the First Lady suěered from sundry aĝictions or the consequences of tummy tuck.” ACN said. The party said that in one of the many rebuĴals, the First Lady’s Spokesperson, Ayo Osinlu, was quoted to have said she (Mrs Jonathan) travelled abroad to take a ‘moment’s rest’, given that she had not taken a rest since President Jonathan’s election. ACN stated that Osinlu had told Nigerians in the heat of the illness saga: “If you look at her itinerary in August (2012), you will be wondering how she was able to accomplish that. In the course of this week, she will be back home. But remember, it all depends on her plans.” ACN recalled that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, dismissed Mrs. Jonathan’s reported illness as a rumour, saying “there is nothing like that.” It stated that amid all the denials, the President himself maintained a stoic mien and carried on with his duties as if all was well, thereby lending credibility to the deceit. ACN noted that if the Presidency could so shamefacedly lie on an issue of such public interest as the health of the First Lady, “why should we not believe it can’t lie on any other issue, whether economy, politics, social development or any other maĴer? For how long has this Presidency been misleading Nigerians on critical issues, since we now have reason to doubt its credibility? Does it occur to this Presidency that it has turned Nigeria to a laughing stock by its now routine denials of the truth? “Like we have said time and again, any government needs to be credible to win the trust of the citizens, without which it cannot govern eěectively. With the revelation by our back-from-the- dead First Lady, it is clear that the Jonathan Presidency must apologise to Nigerians for lying to them. Also, the spokesmen for this government have lost total credibility, hence their words will henceforth be taken with a pinch of salt,” the party said. ACN stated, while it may be argued though not conceded that the First Lady is not a public oĜcial by virtue of her position, but she is a public oĜcial by virtue of her being a Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State. A l-qaeda linked Islamic extremist group, Jamaatu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissuda, has claimed responsibility for the kidnap of seven Setraco expatriate Construction workers in Jama-are, Bauchi State last Sunday. e group, it was learnt, had earlier claimed responsibility for the abduction of French workers in Katsina and a German national with Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company. Unfortunately, the German kidnapped national later died during a failed rescue mission in Kano, but the seven foreigners held in captivity in Bauchi comprise of ve Lebanese, one Italian, one Briton and a Greek. According to a statement purportedly released by the Al-queda linked terrorist group yesterday, they claimed to be detaining the foreigners in reaction to the atrocities imposed on Islam and Muslims, especially in Afghanistan and Mali. In a one-page statement, which reads in part, “it was based on the transgression and atrocities meted on the religion of Allah SWT by the European countries in many countries, such as Afghanistan and Mali. “By Allah’s grace, Jamaatu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudan has seven persons in their custody, which include Lebanese and their European counterparts working with Setraco in Nigeria on Rabiul ani 8, 1434, equivalent to February 7, 2013.” However, it warned in the statement, signed by one Abu Usamatal Ansary that any attempt or act contrary to our condition by the European nations or by the Nigerian Government will lead to the happenings as it was in the previous attempt. Prior to losing their freedom, the kidnapped expatriates were working in Jam-are and Kan-Madaki Local Government Area, where Setraco Construction rm is engaged in construction works. Also before the abduction of the foreigners, it was learnt that the gunmen had attacked a Police Station and Prison in the area during which the police post and two vehicles were burnt. Daily Newswatch learnt that before gaining access into the premises of the construction rm, the attackers killed the company’s private security guard before descending on their target. Bauchi Police Command, as at the time of ling this report, yet to release the names of the expatriates as the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Ladan, disclosed that the matter is been investigated. Al-Qaeda group claims responsibility for Bauchi kidnapped expatriates TED ODOGWU, KANO M anaging Director of Jemi-Alade Tours, Mr. Jemi Alade, has lauded the Federal Government on its determination in returning Nigeria’s priceless artefacts. He urged the relevant authorities to do more to ensure the return of several looted cultural objects, because “the more the beĴer.” Besides repatriation and restitution, Alade cautioned that the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) should be able to improve its site protection to stem looting. “They know what they should do to be able to prevent the monumental stealing and traĜcking. You remember the FESTAC masks of the past and the convention. But illegal exportation as well as traĜcking of items that are of Nigeria heritage is still going on. Our museums are porous, so people steal,” he said. At present, Nigeria hosts some representatives of holders of the country’s looted cultural objects as part of eěorts to return the artefacts. In line with this, a meeting is expected to hold this week in Benin City, Edo State, where the largest looting of Africa’s cultural objects took place in 1897, a third of its kind between the NCMM and some museums in Europe. In fact, Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, hinted about the Benin meeting during the repossession ceremony of some stolen Nok pieces from French Embassy, held in Abuja, recently. On the tourism eěect of the returned artefacts, the leading ‘FG must stop unrestricted stealing of our artefacts’ Justina Okpanku Outgoing Commissioner of Police, Rivers Command, Mohammed Indabawa (right), handing over a cheque to Mrs. Faith Paul and her son, Godswill, at the presentation of cheques to wives and relatives of Police officers who died on active service in Rivers State... yesterday. tour operator in the country dismissed it with the wave of the hand. “What eěect? We have done that (returned the artefacts) in the past. The ones we have brought back have not given a boost to Nigeria tourism. The people in charge don’t have any idea of tourism,” he noted. The French Embassy recently handed over five Nok Artefacts intercepted by France Customs oĜcials to the authorities of NCMM in Abuja. Though pundits said the positive gesture may be due to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the prohibition of illicit trade in cultural property as well as the 1995 International Institute for the Unification of Private Law also known as UNIDROIT Convention on unauthorised exportation of cultural objects. President Goodluck Jonathan
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Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has congratulated the wife of the President, Mrs
Dame Patience Jonathan, on her miraculous return from the dead, as it slammed the Presidency for telling lies about the health situation of President Goodluck Jonathan.The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the revelation by the First Lady on the extent of her illness made the Federal Government to lose whatever was left of its credibility over the handling of her illness saga, especially the fact that she passed out for seven days before God miraculously brought her back to life, could not but elicit joy among Nigerians, irrespective of their political leanings.
ACN however stated that Nigerians must be wondering
Daily Newswatch Tuesday, February 19, 20134 national
Presidency must beg over First Lady’s illness - ACNADEWALE AJAYI why the government they
elected into oĜ ce chose to lie that the First Lady was holidaying abroad when indeed she was gravely ill in a foreign hospital.
“While we felicitate with the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on her recovery from whatever illness it was that aĝ icted her, we will be remiss if we fail to recollect how the Presidency denied ‘rumours’ of her illness and poured scorn on the media and the imaginary enemies of the government for fuelling the ‘satanic rumours’.
“We will also like to remind the Presidency that its denial, instead of full disclosure that would have elicited nothing more than fervent prayers from Nigerians, fuelled the rumours that the First Lady suě ered from sundry aĝ ictions or the consequences of tummy tuck.” ACN said.
The party said that in one of the many rebuĴ als, the First Lady’s Spokesperson, Ayo Osinlu, was quoted to have said she (Mrs Jonathan) travelled
abroad to take a ‘moment’s rest’, given that she had not taken a rest since President Jonathan’s election.
ACN stated that Osinlu had told Nigerians in the heat of the illness saga: “If you look at her
itinerary in August (2012), you will be wondering how she was able to accomplish that. In the course of this week, she will be back home. But remember, it all depends on her plans.”
ACN recalled that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, dismissed Mrs. Jonathan’s reported illness as a rumour, saying “there is nothing like that.”
It stated that amid all the denials, the President himself maintained a stoic mien and
carried on with his duties as if all was well, thereby lending credibility to the deceit.
ACN noted that if the Presidency could so shamefacedly lie on an issue of such public interest as the health of the First Lady, “why should we not believe it can’t lie on any other issue, whether
economy, politics, social development or any other maĴ er? For how long has this Presidency been misleading Nigerians on critical issues, since we now have reason to doubt its credibility? Does it occur to this Presidency that it has turned Nigeria to a laughing stock by its now routine denials of the truth?
“Like we have said time and again, any government needs to be credible to win the trust of the citizens, without which it cannot govern eě ectively. With the revelation by our back-from-the-dead First Lady, it is clear that the Jonathan Presidency must apologise
to Nigerians for lying to them. Also, the spokesmen for this government have lost total credibility, hence their words will henceforth be taken with a pinch of salt,” the party said.
ACN stated, while it may be argued though not conceded that the First Lady is not a public oĜ cial by virtue of her position, but she is a public oĜ cial by virtue of her being a Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State.
Al-qaeda linked Islamic extremist group, Jamaatu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissuda, has claimed
responsibility for the kidnap of seven Setraco expatriate Construction workers in Jama-are, Bauchi State last Sunday.
! e group, it was learnt, had earlier claimed responsibility for the abduction of French workers in Katsina and a German national with
Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company.
Unfortunately, the German kidnapped national later died during a failed rescue mission in Kano, but the seven foreigners held in captivity in Bauchi comprise of " ve Lebanese, one Italian, one Briton and a Greek.
According to a statement purportedly released by the Al-queda linked terrorist group yesterday, they claimed to be detaining the foreigners in reaction to the atrocities imposed on Islam and Muslims, especially in Afghanistan and Mali.
In a one-page statement, which reads in part, “it was based on the transgression and atrocities meted on the religion of Allah SWT by the European countries in many countries, such as Afghanistan and Mali.
“By Allah’s grace, Jamaatu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladissudan has seven persons in their custody, which include Lebanese and their European counterparts working with Setraco in Nigeria on Rabiul ! ani 8, 1434, equivalent to February 7, 2013.”
However, it warned in the statement,
signed by one Abu Usamatal Ansary that any attempt or act contrary to our condition by the European nations or by the Nigerian Government will lead to the happenings as it was in the previous attempt.
Prior to losing their freedom, the kidnapped expatriates were working in Jam-are and Ka" n-Madaki Local Government Area, where Setraco Construction " rm is engaged in construction works.
Also before the abduction of the foreigners, it was learnt that the gunmen had attacked a Police Station
and Prison in the area during which the police post and two vehicles were burnt.
Daily Newswatch learnt that before gaining access into the premises of the construction " rm, the attackers killed the company’s private security guard before descending on their target.
Bauchi Police Command, as at the time of " ling this report, yet to release the names of the expatriates as the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Ladan, disclosed that the matter is been investigated.
Al-Qaeda group claims responsibility for Bauchi kidnapped expatriatesTED ODOGWU, KANO
Managing Director of Jemi-Alade Tours, Mr. Jemi Alade, has lauded the Federal
Government on its determination in returning Nigeria’s priceless artefacts. He urged the relevant authorities to do more to ensure the return of several looted cultural objects, because “the more the beĴ er.”
Besides repatriation and restitution, Alade cautioned that the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) should be able to improve its site protection to stem looting. “They know what they should do to be able to prevent the monumental stealing and traĜ cking. You remember the FESTAC masks of the past and the convention. But illegal exportation
as well as traĜ cking of items that are of Nigeria heritage is still going on. Our museums are porous, so people steal,” he said.
At present, Nigeria hosts some representatives of holders of the country’s looted cultural objects as part of eě orts to return the artefacts. In line with this, a meeting is expected to hold this week in Benin City, Edo State, where the largest looting of Africa’s cultural objects took place in 1897, a third of its kind between the NCMM and some museums in Europe.
In fact, Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, hinted about the Benin meeting during the repossession ceremony of some stolen Nok pieces from French Embassy, held in Abuja, recently.
On the tourism eě ect of the returned artefacts, the leading
‘FG must stop unrestricted stealing of our artefacts’Justina Okpanku
Outgoing Commissioner of Police, Rivers Command, Mohammed Indabawa (right), handing over a cheque to Mrs. Faith Paul and her son, Godswill, at the presentation of cheques to wives and relatives of Police offi cers who died on active service in Rivers State...yesterday.
tour operator in the country dismissed it with the wave of the hand.
“What eě ect? We have done that (returned the artefacts) in the past. The ones we have brought back have not given a boost to Nigeria tourism. The people in charge don’t have any idea of tourism,” he noted.
The French Embassy recently handed over fi ve Nok Artefacts intercepted by France Customs oĜ cials to the authorities of NCMM in Abuja. Though pundits said the positive gesture may be due to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the prohibition of illicit trade in cultural property as well as the 1995 International Institute for the Unifi cation of Private Law also known as UNIDROIT Convention on unauthorised exportation of cultural objects.
President Goodluck Jonathan
