{"id":29858,"date":"2014-08-05T15:12:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29858"},"modified":"2014-08-05T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:12:05","slug":"kwankwaso-must-use-head-commenting-national-issues-okupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/kwankwaso-must-use-head-commenting-national-issues-okupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwankwaso Must \u2018Use His Head\u2019 When Commenting On National Issues \u2013 Okupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #141823; text-align: justify;\">The Presidency has slammed Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of running a government based on ethnic sentiment and religious bigotry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823; text-align: justify;\">Kwankwaso had in an interview with newsmen, weekend, argued that the real cause of insecurity in the country was bad leadership, adding that the inability of President Jonathan to tackle the issue of insurgency has expos<span>ed Jonathan\u2019s incompetence to preside over the affairs of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting yesterday, Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said Governor Kwankwaso must try to use his head when commenting on national issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKwankwaso must try to be cerebral when commenting on national issues. The \u201ckwankwasiya\u201d mentality may work for him locally in Kano, but definitely will not carry him far on the national platform,\u201d Okupe wrote Vanguard in a text message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPresident Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is not running a clannish government, neither is he playing any religious card.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAre the ministers of Finance, Agriculture, Inspector General of Police; Group Managing Director of NNPC; Chief Justice of Nigeria; Chief of Staff and Principal Secretary; Special Adviser, Adviser, Media in the Presidency Ijaws or from the South South extractions?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKwankwaso should spend the remainder of his tenure to deliver on his failed promises to Kano people instead of exposing himself continuously to public ridicule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has slammed Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of running a government based on ethnic sentiment and religious bigotry. 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