Praise the Lord? Halleluyah, i say praise, praise, praise the Lord, Hallelujah, people of God i am here today to testify to the goodness of God, Amen? Amen! some few days ago i was just a chairman of editorial booard of our newspaper- CONSCIENCE NURTURED IN TRUTH, but today the lord has promoted me to the post of Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
Well, some jealous people are beginning to say all sort of things, some said i am strongly in support of the removal of fuel subsidy today as opposed to those days when i was just a chairman of editorial board, well, before i explained what happened let me read to your a copy of my opposition article of those days;
It must be a joke, right? The proposed plan by the Federal Government to
fully deregulate the downstream sector and remove the remaining subsidy on
petroleum products. When the news first broke during the week, Nigerians were
told that a committee had been set up to be led by the Governor of Bauchi
State, Isa Yuguda, with a mandate to work out an action-plan and a time-table
for implementation and consult with stakeholders.
The mischief and dishonesty are obvious: why set up a committee to seek the
input of stakeholders when a final decision has already been taken? ... The Global Recession Committee should take another look at its proposal, it
should pay close attention to public responses. No matter how attractive the
removal of subsidy in the downstream sector may be, this is not the time to do
it. And this is not how to go about it. Now again we pay the price for poor
leadership. What is being planned is provocative. It is an invitation to chaos
—Reuben Abati
Well, people of God, if you must know, nothing is wrong with
me, the inconsistency in my opinion is simply because of my change of status,
when you are in Rome you must act like Romans, perhaps after my tenure as the
president’s spokesperson I may resume my contradictory views but what you must
understand right now is that power has changed hands just like the name of our
ministry. Amen?.... Amen!!!
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