Promoters of a None Governmental Organization (NGO), set up to campaign for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, known as Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria (TAN) has made it clear that it owed no one an apology for showcasing the verifiable landmark achievements of the President.
Reacting to a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Lai Mohammed, the Director of Communications of TAN, Dr Udenta.O. Udenta, said: “TAN has not in any way gone outside the law to warrant APC’s indecorous language.
“If the impact of TAN is causing some discomfort to the opposition party in its desperation to grab power, it should look inward and not engage in mindless attacks.”
The reaction which contained in a statement issued today said: “We really have no apology to offer to anyone in our mission of showcasing the verifiable landmark achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan.”
Dr. Udenta frowned at the APC’s double standard when Lai Mohammed accused TAN of citizens’ sensitization rallies but was comfortable with APC holding an unvarnished political rally in Sokoto state ans asked: “was the country not in a war as APC claimed, when it embarked in the Sokoto rally? Has Ebola virus suddenly disappeared in the country that enabled the Sokoto rally to take place? Where and how did Lai Mohammed arrive at his conclusion that TAN’s rallies are offending the sensibilities of the families of our citizens and knows that Sokoto rally did not? Why did APC hold the Sokoto rally when the Chibok Girls are yet to be released and Boko Haram is not defeated?”
Dr. Udenta said that TAN is not a political party and would not engage in diatribes with any political party or group but that it would not watch truth being turned upside down in the name of politics.
He challenged the opposition to fault TAN on what it has been doing to showcase President Jonathan’s achievements saying that because of the dearth of evidence against what we are heralding “they now choose to chase shadow by dishing lies to Nigerians.
“Because TAN by its vigorous activities is not letting APC realize its desired ambition of making sure that all achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan are drowned in its negative politics and insipient media, it now feels it can turn the heat on us. TAN certainly would go to any length to defend its legitimate role in the polity and would not shy away even if it means confronting and exposing APC’s anti-democratic behavior.
“The innovation that TAN is bringing into the nation’s political space should attract positive comments to discerning minds. If anybody is uncomfortable, it must be based on selfish ground.”
Dr. Udenta said that since its inception, TAN has maintained a positive attitude and disposition towards all Nigerian institutions and platforms in a single minded celebration of the Nigerian possibility under president Goodluck’s watch devoid of rancor, strife, bitterness and discord. [myad]
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