Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has denounced Special Adviser to the President on political matters, Dr. Ali Gulak, as "liar for the president" and asserted that the Goodluck Jonathan administration runs on the "wheels of lies."
Fani-Kayode's criticism is a response to the statement credited to Gulak where he described the former minister as "an attacker of any government in power".
"I call the government of Goodluck Jonathan a failure; if the president thinks I am wrong, let him or one of his cerebral ministers respond to me, not Gulak. Who is Gulak? I don't trade words with minions," he added.
Fani-Kayode in a statement issued on Thursday said: "Gulak said I attacked Obasanjo's government, a government and president that I proudly served and that I have defended for the last 10 years of my life. "Please, let him provide the evidence of that attack on Obasanjo's policies, record in public office and performance in government between 2003 and 2013 or he should forever shut his mouth and be damned. He cannot do so because it never happened. What he said is false. He is a liar."
The former Minister called on the Nigerians not to support the present administration in the upcoming elections, highlighting failures of the current government: "Jonathan's government is a government of lies that is run and supported by liars and we need to get them out in 2015 in order to save Nigeria. "People just don't realize how bad things are.
Recently, a UNESCO survey placed Nigeria on top of the list of nations with out-of-school children - 10.5 million of them - because they lacked access to classrooms and have to take lessons under trees. "Why should we be ranked with nations like Pakistan (5.4 million), Ethiopia (1.7 million), India (1.6 million) and the Philippines (1.5 million), when we have so much oil wealth."
Fani-Kayode accused the present administration for doing nothing tangible to improve lives of Nigerians despite "all our oil wealth and all the money that has accrued to the Federal Government in the last 5 years."
He also reminded that 80 per cent of Nigerian graduates are now unemployed and that 70 per cent of the Nigerian people are living below the poverty line.
He further stated that "Abusing Fani-Kayode will not change any of those facts or improve their image and abysmal performance. They should stick to the relevant issues and provide better governance for the Nigerian people for the last two years that they will remain in power, rather than spending their time on me."
Fani-Kayode's criticism is a response to the statement credited to Gulak where he described the former minister as "an attacker of any government in power".
"I call the government of Goodluck Jonathan a failure; if the president thinks I am wrong, let him or one of his cerebral ministers respond to me, not Gulak. Who is Gulak? I don't trade words with minions," he added.
Fani-Kayode in a statement issued on Thursday said: "Gulak said I attacked Obasanjo's government, a government and president that I proudly served and that I have defended for the last 10 years of my life. "Please, let him provide the evidence of that attack on Obasanjo's policies, record in public office and performance in government between 2003 and 2013 or he should forever shut his mouth and be damned. He cannot do so because it never happened. What he said is false. He is a liar."
The former Minister called on the Nigerians not to support the present administration in the upcoming elections, highlighting failures of the current government: "Jonathan's government is a government of lies that is run and supported by liars and we need to get them out in 2015 in order to save Nigeria. "People just don't realize how bad things are.
Recently, a UNESCO survey placed Nigeria on top of the list of nations with out-of-school children - 10.5 million of them - because they lacked access to classrooms and have to take lessons under trees. "Why should we be ranked with nations like Pakistan (5.4 million), Ethiopia (1.7 million), India (1.6 million) and the Philippines (1.5 million), when we have so much oil wealth."
Fani-Kayode accused the present administration for doing nothing tangible to improve lives of Nigerians despite "all our oil wealth and all the money that has accrued to the Federal Government in the last 5 years."
He also reminded that 80 per cent of Nigerian graduates are now unemployed and that 70 per cent of the Nigerian people are living below the poverty line.
He further stated that "Abusing Fani-Kayode will not change any of those facts or improve their image and abysmal performance. They should stick to the relevant issues and provide better governance for the Nigerian people for the last two years that they will remain in power, rather than spending their time on me."
