x“In calling for the Commission’s dissolution or restructure, the coalition’s National Coordinator, Lekan Ekundayo, said: ‘Hate campaigns (are ongoing because) some disgruntled elements abroad (are) endorsing negative publicity about Nigeria’. What also has Boko Haram and other insurgencies that currently bedevil the country got to do with these unsubstantiated criticisms? “Would Boko Haram, banditry, kidnappings and other nefarious activities of these degenerates suddenly evaporate were this ‘negative publicity’ to have stopped? How has NiDCOM become the refinery for the processing of crude, scathing critics and all forms of negativism against Nigeria? Where’s the connecting thread between NiDCOM and the reasons advanced by Ekundayo and his coalition for the Commission’s dissolution?

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2021 04:30 UTC