• Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Photo News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Crime & Security
  • Sports
  • Intimacy
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Advert Rate
  • More
    • Opinion
    • Lifestyle & Entertainment
    • Foreign News
    • Health
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Thursday, June 12
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Prompt News
  • Home
  • Top Stories
    Featured

    London-bound Air India plane with 242 onboard crashes

    Foreign News June 12, 2025
    Recent

    London-bound Air India plane with 242 onboard crashes

    June 12, 2025

    Popular Prophet Introduces ‘Spiritual ATM Card’ to Congregation

    June 12, 2025

    US Court jails Nigerian for sextortion linked to teen’s death

    June 12, 2025
  • News
    1. Photo News
    Featured

    Democracy Day: Let’s reaffirm our commitment to participatory leadership – Amb Sarafa Isola

    News June 12, 2025
    Recent

    Democracy Day: Let’s reaffirm our commitment to participatory leadership – Amb Sarafa Isola

    June 12, 2025

    Wike’s aide criticizes Dele Momodu over comments on June 12, democracy struggle

    June 12, 2025

    June 12 protest kicks off in Abuja amid tight security

    June 12, 2025
  • Politics
    Featured

    June 12: Stop Governing Nigeria by Remote Control, Obi Tells Tinubu

    Politics June 12, 2025
    Recent

    June 12: Stop Governing Nigeria by Remote Control, Obi Tells Tinubu

    June 12, 2025

    Democracy Day: Gov Zulum pardons 66 inmates in Borno

    June 12, 2025

    10th senate introduced 844 bills in two years – Akpabio

    June 12, 2025
  • Business
    Featured

    BPP DG harps on collaboration with Presidency to achieve shared national goals

    Business June 12, 2025
    Recent

    BPP DG harps on collaboration with Presidency to achieve shared national goals

    June 12, 2025

    Air Peace denies Oshiomhole’s allegations, calls for proof

    June 12, 2025

    Nigeria records trade surplus, as export rises to 7.42% in 1st Quarter

    June 11, 2025
  • Crime & Security
    Featured

    Lagos-Ibadan expressway gridlock persists 24 hours after tanker explosion

    Crime & Security June 12, 2025
    Recent

    Lagos-Ibadan expressway gridlock persists 24 hours after tanker explosion

    June 12, 2025

    Woman allegedly kills daughter for stealing ₦100

    June 12, 2025

    Multiple casualties feared in suspected fresh herdsmen attack in Benue

    June 12, 2025
  • Sports
    Featured

    NIS needs breathe of fresh air, stakeholders partnership – DG Shaibu

    Sports June 12, 2025
    Recent

    NIS needs breathe of fresh air, stakeholders partnership – DG Shaibu

    June 12, 2025

    CAF announces match officials for WAFCON 2024

    June 12, 2025

    Manchester United sign Cunha from Wolves

    June 12, 2025
  • Intimacy
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Advert Rate
  • More
    • Opinion
    • Lifestyle & Entertainment
    • Foreign News
    • Health
Prompt News
Home » AU Speaking Slot: You Are Wrong, Abati tells Fashakin
News

AU Speaking Slot: You Are Wrong, Abati tells Fashakin

techBy techMay 28, 2013No Comments5 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Pinterest Tumblr Reddit WhatsApp Email
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

Abati

 

 

Presidential Media Adviser, Reuben Abati on Tuesday came hard on the spokesman of the Congress for Progress Change (CPC), Rotimi Fashakin for displaying “habitual indolence” in criticizing President Goodluck Jonathan over the just concluded Special Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He contended that Fashakin failed to research before jumping into conclusion that President Jonathan missed his speaking slot at the summit and did not send representative, describing the action as “silly”.

Abati’s statement reads in full, “We are dealing with such hideous and second rate characters in Nigeria’s public space, belonging to the ACN and the CPC, and that other would-be disaster-prone mongrel called APC that they won’t even respect the truth. The prize for being silly in this regard must go to one Rotimi Fashakin who describes himself as the National Publicity Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). He is an arm-chair critic per excellence and a medieval-era ignoramus.

“In a release titled “President Jonathan’s AU summit gaffe” (May 28) Rotimi displayed such habitual indolence and brainlessness that his heirs must be eternally ashamed of, and which I consider offensive and needlessly disruptive. His subject is the just-ended AU @ 50 summit in Addis Ababa.

“I invite more cerebral and decent persons to consider the facts.  President Jonathan as the leader of the Nigerian delegation to the AU summit in Addis Ababa and the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) indeed put up a sterling performance, using the opportunity of the trip to further promote Nigeria’s interests and to strengthen Nigeria’s relationships with other countries.

“He held bilateral meetings with the UN Secretary General and the leaders of Jamaica, Egypt, Swaziland, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire. He granted interviews to the media, local and international. He also participated in a special session on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, at which he invited other world leaders to the Abuja+12 conference to be hosted in Nigeria, mid-June. President Jonathan is an accomplished diplomat and a responsible leader under whose watch, Nigeria’s foreign policy process and international relations have been strengthened with commendable results.

“Fashakin, failing to do minimal research that any right-thinking person would attempt, jumps to the conclusion that President Jonathan missed his slot at the AU and that nobody represented him. This is more than 48 hours after I had issued a statement indicating that no slot was missed. Fashakin must be so busy he doesn’t even bother to read the news. No slot was missed because no country was under any compulsion to speak.

“Any country that wished to make a statement indicated the interest to do so, by pressing the button at its own convenience. Nigeria had indicated an interest to speak, but the President needed to attend an urgent ECOWAS meeting on the Lagos-Abidjan Highway, to be attended by five West African countries, to take a report by the Nigerian Minister of Works who is the chair of the regional inter-Ministerial body on the proposed Lagos-Abidjan Highway. I have since circulated the conclusions of that meeting.

“While President Jonathan was attending that meeting, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, the Minister of Foreign Affairs presented our statement to the OAU at 50 on President Jonathan’s behalf. I have also since circulated the full text of that statement. In other words, Nigeria’s voice was heard, loud and clear. Let it be noted that President Jonathan’s attendance of a meeting on the sidelines of the AU Summit was perfectly in order, and he attended quite a number, just as Minister Ashiru was not the only Foreign Minister who spoke on behalf of a President at the Summit. So where did Fashakin get his information from that nobody represented Nigeria?   

“The nature of his mental indolence is understandable. In this attempt to pull President Jonathan down at all costs, lies have become standard stuff, mischief a major commodity, and indecency a character flaw. President Jonathan does not owe anyone an apology for serving Nigeria diligently and truthfully. Fashakin’s reference to an incident in Australia is also wrong-headed because the allegation is false.  

“In fact, in Australia, President Jonathan met with a broad range of investors in the mining sector and that has resulted in huge investments in the Nigerian mining sector. I consider the insinuation about inebriation, in Fashakin’s statement, amplified by his paid agents in other fora, as utterly disrespectful and foolish. They can’t certainly be talking about a President who is a well-focused man of achievement.

“By the same token, I consider the reference to Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum in that statement as a red herring. Again, I advise Fashakin to read the newspapers so he can be abreast of developments, the only way he can get close to being an effective spokesperson. I had made it clear that President Jonathan has no hand in the Governors Forum crisis, and we stand by that position.

“Our case is not rested. When next Fashakin comes to the public with unintelligent thoughts about President Jonathan, it shall remain our duty to continue to remind him of the need to think before talking”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                            

   

 

 

Post Views: 138
Addis Ababa Australia Nigeria Governors Forum President Jonathan
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Telegram Email
Previous ArticleChinese Hackers ‘Compromise’ US Weapons Systems Designs
Next Article NGF election is 2015 foretold, by Garba Shehu
tech

Related Posts

Democracy Day: Let’s reaffirm our commitment to participatory leadership – Amb Sarafa Isola

June 12, 2025

June 12: Stop Governing Nigeria by Remote Control, Obi Tells Tinubu

June 12, 2025

Wike’s aide criticizes Dele Momodu over comments on June 12, democracy struggle

June 12, 2025
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Latest Stories

NIS needs breathe of fresh air, stakeholders partnership – DG Shaibu

June 12, 2025

Venza gift allegation: NURTW chieftain makes U-turn, apologises to Aisha Lawal

June 12, 2025

CAF announces match officials for WAFCON 2024

June 12, 2025

Sony Music Publishing Partners with Bright Chimezie to Preserve Zigima Legacy

June 12, 2025

Democracy Day: Let’s reaffirm our commitment to participatory leadership – Amb Sarafa Isola

June 12, 2025

Manchester United sign Cunha from Wolves

June 12, 2025

June 12: Stop Governing Nigeria by Remote Control, Obi Tells Tinubu

June 12, 2025

BPP DG harps on collaboration with Presidency to achieve shared national goals

June 12, 2025

I hustle day, night to stay afloat, Tiwa Savage laments economic hardship

June 12, 2025

Wike’s aide criticizes Dele Momodu over comments on June 12, democracy struggle

June 12, 2025
CONTACT INFORMATION

Prompt News Online is published by PNO Dynamic Media Limited.

Address: Suite 24, Abebi Plaza, Oluseyi, Sango – Eleyele Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Managing Editor/CEO: Akeem Oyetunji

Email: promptnewsonline@gmail.com or editor@promptnewsonline.com

Phone/WhatsApp: +234806 286 2057
Or 0805 386 6284

ABUJA OFFICE: 
Address: Suite D76, EFAB Mall
Off Gimbya Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja
ABUJA BUREAU EDITOR: Harry Awurumibe
Phone: 0803 302 4300
Email: harryawurumibe360@gmail.com
UK OFFICE:
Address: 34 Skipper Court,
Abbey Road, IG 11 7GW.
Barking, London, UK.
EDITOR EUROPE: Bolaji Oyegunle
Phone +447878196776
Email: gb10oyegunle@gmail.com
© 2025 Prompt News Online. Designed by DeedsTech.
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Privacy Policy

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.