TAN Replies APC: We Have Not Broken Any Law
BY ABU IDRISU
The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has said it is a non-governmental organisation properly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission to carry out specific responsibilities in the ongoing political re-engineering in the country.
A statement signed by its Director of Communication, Udenta Udenta, said: “TAN has not in any way gone outside the law to warrant the All Progressives Congress (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 statement said the National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, exposed his party’s double standard when he found TAN citizens’ sensitisation rallies uncharitable 24 hours after his party held an unvarnished political rally in Sokoto State.
According Udenta, “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 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?,” the statement asked.
The group said it was not a political party and would ordinarily not engage in diatribes with any political party or group but would not watch truth being turned upside down in the name of politics.
Accordingly, it said, “We really have no apology to offer to anyone in our mission of showcasing the verifiable landmark achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan. We expected the opposition to fault us on that score but 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 realise 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 behaviour.
“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.”
It therefore said since its inception, it had maintained a positive attitude and disposition towards all Nigerian institutions and platforms in a single-minded celebration of the Nigerian possibility under President Jonathan’s watch devoid of rancor, strife, bitterness and discord by its callous abandonment of the tenets of decency and respect that ought to govern the public advocacy space through its revolting diatribes and unconscionable attacks against it.
The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has said it is a non-governmental organisation properly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission to carry out specific responsibilities in the ongoing political re-engineering in the country.
A statement signed by its Director of Communication, Udenta Udenta, said: “TAN has not in any way gone outside the law to warrant the All Progressives Congress (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 statement said the National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, exposed his party’s double standard when he found TAN citizens’ sensitisation rallies uncharitable 24 hours after his party held an unvarnished political rally in Sokoto State.
According Udenta, “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 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?,” the statement asked.
The group said it was not a political party and would ordinarily not engage in diatribes with any political party or group but would not watch truth being turned upside down in the name of politics.
Accordingly, it said, “We really have no apology to offer to anyone in our mission of showcasing the verifiable landmark achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan. We expected the opposition to fault us on that score but 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 realise 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 behaviour.
“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.”
It therefore said since its inception, it had maintained a positive attitude and disposition towards all Nigerian institutions and platforms in a single-minded celebration of the Nigerian possibility under President Jonathan’s watch devoid of rancor, strife, bitterness and discord by its callous abandonment of the tenets of decency and respect that ought to govern the public advocacy space through its revolting diatribes and unconscionable attacks against it.
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