Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged Muslims in the
country to portray Islam positively through the spirit of tolerance and
commitment to peaceful coexistence in their everyday conducts.
In a release from his media made available to the media, the
Turaki Adamawa denied making any statement on the ragging rift between the
principal officers of the National Assembly and the federal government through
the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) credited to him
recently.
In his goodwill Sallah message to Nigerian Muslims to mark the
end of the Ramadan fasting period, the former Vice President notes that the
lessons of this Holy month should be taken beyond the celebration.
According to him, “Self-discipline and love for fellow human
beings is one of the important virtues of the Ramadan fasting period, These
virtues should not desert our hearts because the event has come to an end.”
The Turaki Adamawa also advises Muslims and indeed all Nigerians
to continue to show patience with the Muhammadu Buhari administration, which he
says is aware of hardships they were passing through, adding however that their
support for the government would ultimately yield dividends.
He says President Buhari should be commended for the courageous
measures he has taken to ensure public funds meant for the welfare of the
people and development of the country are not stolen and diverted to private
pockets of individuals.
He assures Nigerians that their patience will yield dividends,
adding that “every change comes with initial challenges, pains and sacrifices
for a better tomorrow.”
While refuting the recent statement attributed to him over the
battle of supremacy between the Senate and the Attorney General of the
Federation, his media adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, said that the former Vice
President was taken by surprise by a purported statement attributed to him in
the media.
“The last time Atiku Abubakar issued a statement on National
Assembly matters was on July 2, 2015, when he called for an amicable resolution
of crisis of confidence from the election of principal officers, which bitterly
divided the party leaders and their supporters.
That statement was titled “It is time to shift ground and move
to the centre”.
“It was not within Atiku Abubakar’s power to intervene in
support of either side when his intervention was not sought. Although the
Turaki Adamawa didn’t welcome any row between the executive branch and the
legislature, which causes needless distractions at the expense of governance
issues demanding attention, his July 2, 2015 statement over internal party
tension should not be twisted, reworked and attributed to him in order to make
it look like he made a recent comment on the NASS vs AG crisis of confidence,”
Ibe noted.
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