‘You’re A Callous Leader’, Ezekwesili Slams Buhari’s Silence On Deaths Of 26 Nigerian Migrants
Ex-World Bank Vice-President, Oby Ezekwesili, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “callous leader” for keeping mum on the deaths of 26 teenage Nigerian girls who died on Sunday on the Mediterranean Sea.
Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, expressed shock on Wednesday at the Presidency’s silence over the alleged sexual abuse and murder of the young girls.
Advertisement
Although the President’s Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri–Erewa, condemned the incidence, Ezekwesili said Mrs Dabiri–Erewa was “not enough voice to hear when a country loses 26 of her citizens in such embarrassing tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea”.
“President Muhammadu Buhari, shocking that you personally have not acknowledged that 26 of the citizens that you are their president drowned in the Mediterranean Sea and the whole world is talking about it. This is not leadership, sir”.
“It is callous for any leadership to never feel the pains that tragedies bring the way of a people. Can your federal government signal to the Nigerian Public that #NigerianCitizensLivesMatter? Can you?.
“I recall our public outrage when during the previous administration, then president rather than acknowledge deaths in a bomb blast tragedy was busy at a campaign ground.
Advertisement
“This federal government of President Buhari now repeats same with our 26 girls that drowned in Mediterranean Sea. What Changed?,” the former minister tweeted.
.@MBuhari Shocking that you personally have not acknowledged that 26 of the Citizens that you are their President drowned in the Mediterranean Sea and the whole world is talking about it. This is NOT LEADERSHIP, Sir. #EveryCitizensLifeMatters. https://t.co/jnGCjXauak
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 8, 2017
.@MBuhari It is CALLOUS for any Leadership to NEVER feel the pains that tragedies bring the way of a people. Can your FG @AsoRock signal to the Nigerian Public that #NigerianCitizensLivesMatter?
Can YOU? https://t.co/6FR3qbKKIw— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 8, 2017
Advertisement
I recall our public outrage when during the previous administration, then President rather than acknowledge deaths in a bomb blast tragedy was busy at a Campaign Ground.
This FG of Pres @MBuhari NOW REPEATS SAME with our 26 girls that drowned in Mediterranean Sea. What Changed??— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 8, 2017
