Rep Kurfi chides Junaid over Buhari
A member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed KurfiDanlami, yesterday, cautioned Dr. Junaid Muhammed over his criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari and the policies of his government.
The lawmaker, representing Dutsinma/Kurfi Federal Constituency of Katsina State on the platform of APC, said as president and an elder statesman, Buhari deserved courtesies and respect.
He described Junaid Mohammed as “disrespectful and unpatriotic,” saying his criticism of Buhari was full of inaccuracies to mislead the public.”
Junaid Muhammed, a second republic lawmaker, recently criticised Buhari’s Independence Day message, accusing him of “lying about his agricultural policies.”
In a statement yesterday, Kurfi, who is Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, said, “Dr. Junaid Muhammed, who many of us see as an elder statesman from the North and is expected to anchor his philosophy of politics on social conscience, truth and patriotism, has chosen to fail us and derailed from the revered stool where we placed him. He now portrays himself as one of such wailing wailers who have seen nothing good in the Buhari-led administration.
“Dr. Junaid obviously spoke for himself as such assertion does not represent us from the North. Whether Junaid likes it or not, President Muhammadu Buhari’s laudable policies on agriculture have come to stay and they remain this administration’s high priority for creation of jobs, economic revival and attainment of food self-sufficiency in Nigeria. And by the grace of God, this government would continue to accord agriculture premium importance through programmes and initiatives designed to motivate the citizens to produce enough food to feed the nation and for exportation,” he said.
He said there was nothing wrong with criticism “but it must be done with decency and fitted along national progress, growth and development.”
“Under this government, the National Economic Recovery and Growth Plan is helping to aid economic recovery and taking the country out of her worst recession in 29 years, despite the fall in oil prices. N1.2trn was expended on capital and infrastructure projects nationwide,” he said.