We are not answerable to US, UK or EU, says Adesina
President Muhammadu Buhar’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina has said that Nigeria as a sovereign nation, is not bothered about the reports from the United States, United Kingdom and European Union as regards abuse of human rights issues.
Speaking on reports by the international community that Nigerian has a high record of human rights abuses Adesina said: “We are not answerable to the US, the UK or the EU. We are Nigeria, a sovereign country,”.
” Those countries and entities have issues of their own. Let them deal with their issues. Let Nigeria also deal with her internal issues. We are not answerable to them. If the perception is not right, why do you need to get worried? The perception is not right.
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“It doesn’t get anybody worried. The president knows the truth about what is happening in the country, so no need for any worries or agitation.”
“But the question is who are these people and how many are they among about 200 million people? Who are they?” he asked.
“A tiny but vocal minority who will always complain. If they mistakenly get to heaven, they will complain about the conditions in heaven.
“So why do you worry yourself about those set of people? When you talk of the media, you are speaking as if there is a unanimity among them. No, you have a minimum of 15 major newspapers in the country and you have other smaller ones, 100 of them.
“There is no unanimity that there is repression in the land, disregard of the rule of law. So, if one of them comes out to say that, it is just an opinion. It has a right to it, nobody will begrudge them.
“How many people do they amount to? We can’t begin to take the minority to represent the majority.”
“Only if they are genuine issues, they will always be looked into,” he said.
“We have had instances in which the government had to reverse itself because there were concerns raised. It shows that the government is responsive but you cannot listen to a babble of voices and want to answer everyone. It will distract you from what you are doing. You let them have their say.”
