Aso Villa has asked the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) to thank their stars that the country is operating a democratic government where the right of free speech is guaranteed and protected.
It said if the group dared to issue comments under non-democratic government, it would have met a swift and harsh retribution from the government.
A coalition of Northern groups had on Monday bemoaned the growing insecurity in the region and called on the Federal Government to implement sweeping measures.
It asked President Muhammadu Buhari to “immediately relieve the service chiefs of their duties,” saying unless killings in the region stop within 14 days, the coalition would “mobilise citizens to take to streets until the government is completely shut down.”
But the presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated that the Buhari administration has done more than any other government to beat back terrorism in the country.
“That the government is issuing this statement in response to the puerile message is a testament that today Nigeria is a country where disagreements can be aired publicly through the press, not through less gentlemanly methods used in the past.”
“We hope that CNG will consider the facts and reconsider the unhelpful and inaccurate message their statements contain when issuing them in the future,” Shehu stated.
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