Phrank Shaibu: Resign if You Disagree With Buhari’s Naira Policy, Atiku’s Aide Dares Keyamo
- Phrank Shaibu has called on Festus Keyamo to resign from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari if he is unhappy about the cashless policy
- Shaibu said if Keyamo truly believed that the President erred, he ought to resign as minister in order to dissociate himself from the President’s action
- Shaibu said Keyamo had in the past defended Buhari’s decision to ignore court orders on the basis of national security
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The special assistant on public communications to Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has called on the minister of state for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, to resign from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari if he is unhappy about the decision of Buhari to implement the cashless policy.
Shaibu said this in while reacting to Keyamo’s insistence that President Buhari erred by disobeying an order of the Supreme Court when he declared that only the old N200 note remains legal tender, Daily Trust reports.
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Keyamo, who is a senior advocate, had blamed Buhari’s action on wrong advice he received from his advisers. The minister had also argued that Buhari took the decision without recourse to the Federal Executive Council.
Reacting, however, Shaibu said if Keyamo truly believed that the president erred, he ought to resign as minister in order to dissociate himself from the President’s action, Sahara Reporters added.
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Describing Keyamo as a hypocrite, Shaibu noted that Keyamo had in the past defended Buhari’s decision to ignore court orders on the basis of national security.
Shaibu says was insulting for Keyamo to portray the Buhari as a dullard
Atiku’s aide also described as jejune, Keyamo’s claim that Buhari was acting based on wrong advice. He said it was insulting for Keyamo to portray the president as a dullard who does not have a mind of his own.
“Keyamo should be bold enough to condemn the President and resign just as some ministers usually resign in the United Kingdom when they don’t agree with the Prime Minister’s action.
“If he wants to criticise the President, let him do it boldly with his full chest instead of attacking some unnamed advisers of the President and portraying the President as a helpless old man who does not have a mind of his own. That is a cowardly approach."
Shaibu says Keyamo ignored ASUU
Shaibu wondered why Keyamo failed to exhibit his activism when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) spent 10 months on strike in 2020 and eight months on strike in 2022."
He said:
“To be clear, Festus Keyamo has been the Minister of State for Labour and Employment since 2019. Under the watch of this retired activist and erstwhile rights crusader, ASUU has spent a combined 18 months on strike in 43 months.
“Keyamo never spoke up. In fact, he dumped ASUU at the negotiation table to go and campaign for Bola Tinubu. When he was confronted on national television, he asked parents to go and negotiate with lecturers. Suddenly, he has found his voice because of a cashless policy that will deter his new master from deploying bullion vans on election day.”
Why Keyamo should resign as Tinubu's spokesman - Shaibu
Atiku’s aide said that since Keyamo had finally received enlightenment, he also ought to resign as spokesman for the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council.
He said it would be hypocritical of Keyamo, who is a former prosecutor of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve as the image maker of Tinubu who is not only under investigation by the EFCC but was made to forfeit $460,000 to American authorities for alleged drug trafficking.
Shaibu stated:
“Since Keyamo has suddenly rediscovered his conscience ahead of the election, he also ought to resign as the spokesman for Tinubu’s campaign. He can do this in honour of his former mentor, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, who first exposed the fraudulent past of Bola Tinubu.
“Is it not the height of hypocrisy for Keyamo, a former prosecutor, to be the image maker for Tinubu who forfeited $460,000 to American authorities after being linked to heroiin trafficking?”
Igbo group excited by Atiku, Northern elders' promise to release Kanu, investigate 'Python Dance
Meanwhile, Kenneth Uzumaki Austin has urged the south-east to accept the olive branch offered to the region by Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The leader of the South East Grand Cohesion Alliance for Atiku also revealed that some notably reliable Northern leaders have also made the promise.
According to him, he was privy to a meeting held in the residence of a Rtd military general and onetime minister of defence in Abuja, at which part of the deal was concluded and ratified.
Source: Legit.ng
