Pantami’s Target Are Non-Muslims, He Hasn’t Changed – CAN
The Christain Association of Nigeria has alleged the Presidency for taking side with the emabattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami on his radical pro-Taliban comments.
In a statement that emanated from the General Secretary of the apex Christian body in the country, Joseph Daramola, he explained that that non-Muslims had been the minister’s target right from his days as Chief Imam of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University mosque in Bauchi State.
Recall that recently Pantami has been under fire for his past pro-Taliban comments supporting the activities of terrorist groups, including Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
In the audio clip that surfaced lately, the Islamic Scholars for about three decades, once declared that he was always happy when Non-Muslims are being massacred.
Though, he has since renounced the comments, explaining that it was due to immaturity but yet many Nigerians continue to demand his sacking or resignation.
Reacting to this allegations on Thursday, the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu ruled out the possibility of the sacking of the Minister when he said, “The Minister has, rightly, apologized for what he said in the early 2000s. The views were unacceptable then and would be equally unacceptable today were he to repeat them. But he will not repeat them – for he has publicly and permanently condemned his earlier utterances as wrong.”
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“In the 2000s, the Minister was a man in his twenties; next year, he will be 50. Time has passed, and people and their opinions – often rightly – change.”
Speaking on Friday, the secretary of the Christian body said that the Presidency swiftly came out to exonerate the embattled Minister despite his obvious support for terrorists.
Daramola said, “What do you expect? Do you think the Presidency will sack him? There is what we call corporate interest. The Presidency is protecting its interest. Didn’t the Presidency appoint Pantami in the first place?
“Pantami must have been given specific instructions. The government studies the characters they put in particular positions. If you are eloquent in speaking and you can lie, you can be made Minister of communications. If you know how to fight workers, you can be made Minister of labour. If you are known for your academic prowess and can manipulate the academic environment to suit government policies, they put you in education.
“So, that is what government does. Should we now expect the government to say, no, we jettison him (Pantami)? No, they won’t deny him. They have their reasons for making him a minister in the first place.”
