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If Seriake Dickson the Governor of Bayelsa State is expecting a congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent re-election for a second term of office, he had better forget it.

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture told journalists in Abuja on Monday that the President would not follow the habit of his predecessor who was of the habit of sending congratulatory messages to winners of elections regardless of party affiliation immediately after announcement of results.

Governor Dickson of Peoples Democratic Party was recently re-elected for a second term in an election that was marred by violence. He defeated Timipre Slyva of All Progressives Congress, APC, the party of President Buhari.

There have been calls, especially from Senator Ben Bruce, a Bayelsa State PDP Senator and other of the party that President Buhari should toe the path of former president, Goodluck Jonathan who issued statements to congratulate of the opposition party who won governorship election during his tenure.

But Mohammed told journalists that President Buhari sees such congratulatory messages as unnecessary interference in elections or their outcomes which he will not engage in.

“This President is not in the business of interfering and intervening in elections,” the Minister said.

He also noted that the President never sent any congratulatory message to the APC candidate who was also victorious in Kogi State gubernatorial election.

“What of if he sent a congratulatory message and they go to court and the election is overturned, will he call back the congratulatory message? “This President believes that the presidency should be insulated from the conduct of elections and their outcomes,” Mohammed added.

He also dismissed rumours circulating on the social media that President Buhari will soon embark of 91 days medical leave.

The Minister, who said if Buhari is going to go on leave at all, he is not going to hide it, described the rumour as part of campaign of calumny against the President.

www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/18/buhari-will-not-congratulate-dickson-lai-mohammed/

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Thatz individual differences, if it were to be GEJ he would have don that.

With a skeptical man, you earn your trust no free trust.

(Truth be told, if 2016 Budget can be recalled from NASS when its not good enough, any congratulatory message can also be easily recalled; no super-intergrity).

Who needs his congratulatory messages? It shows that he lacks sense of sportsmanship.

#Dauradullard#







Call me SAMAKUS

why

That is the president I voted for

I see sense for the first time from lai's talk since he became a Minister

Buhari is on point here.

Good.

Very logical reasoning. Why congratulating every winner including usurpers?

Pmb=Undemocratic


... E pain am well well....

Makes absolute sense. PMB setting positive precedence.

Those shameless fools banking on PMB falling ill should engage in productive use of their minds.

Who needs his perversed words in the first place?

Comical Liar Mohammed, I see you Sir. At least u follow make sense here small because for me whether our dear President sends congratulatory message to Dickson or not doesn't change anything.

But I think it may be necessary though

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The bolded should end any further argument as to the president having any partisan motive for not congratulating Dickson

tuale4u:
Buhari is on point here.

so much loving buhari jawe

No need for highfallutin logic.

A congratulatory call is just what it is: a congratulatory call.

A congratulatory call depicts a sense of sportsmanship which our politics needs at the moment. I am trying to see how a call made in good faith can nullify or even diminish the probability of the other party in seeking a redress.

Politic should not necessarily be too formal a game played only by stolid and unpliable players.

Buhari should learn to free himself from being unduly uptight.

This plausible explanation by Lai Mohammed is just self- serving...

Pidggin:
Pmb=Undemocratic

Democracy na food??... Is it an achievement?... Since we've been practising this thing in Nigeria, who democracy don helP?

Sai Buhari...amazing decision

"He also noted that the President never sent any congratulatory message to the APC candidate who was also victorious in Kogi State gubernatorial election".

Plus all those APC that have won seats in Senate, HoR, State House of Assembly, decampees and also those wailers that have ed the winning party. Amazing and unprecedented action by the President.

Don't mind Jonathan, he was just doing eye-service looking for at all cost. Where is he today? Jonathan sef

I knew PMB was slow,I didn't know lai was slower...bunch of retards

DropShot:
Very logical reasoning. Why congratulating every winner including usurpers?

Buhari is so principled it makes you realise we would be far better off today if it were men and women like him that had led us since 1999 instead is shallow and self - serving crooks who do not deserve to be President and thus do not know how a President must act.

ijustdey:






www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/01/18/buhari-will-not-congratulate-dickson-lai-mohammed/

Na wa oh zombies everywhere
Buhari for reject Jonathan call when he called him

Prideful president
Prideful followers

Okk

Na wa oo

lie lie

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Who has congratulatory messages helped?

Lie Mohammed should park well jare.

And Lai is proud to say it!!! In short this guys,are not fit to Lead/Rule !! Period

Lame

Very funny