The piece in desert herald of September 15, 2020 by one Maryam Musa is disheartening and unfortunately unprofessional in every sense of the word. We take exception to the attempt by unscrupulous hiding under the cover of a scandal prone tabloid which is adept at yellow Journalism, to use the gullible ragtag newspaper to bring back politics of ethnicity and religion in Adamawa State, something His Excellency, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri had fought so hard and determinately to eradicate from the polity of the State.
Exploring sensitive issues for financial and political gains is a cheap blackmail of the innocent and good people of Adamawa State. Desert Herald has been in the habit of seating in a room and concocting stories out of selfish desire, preconceived notions and delusional thinking.
There is no truth in the desert herald’s malicious article that indicated the appointment of Mallam Bashir Ahmad as Secretary to the State Government as favouring the Fulani constituency, because Governor Ahmadu Fintiri makes his appointments first with the interest of the people of Adamawa State in mind, then federal character and equitable justice, before any other consideration comes into play.
No Governor makes his SSG “the most visible and powerful government appointee”, only ignorance will lead to such assertion, because even a kindergarten knows the that enormous responsibilities resting on the office of the SSG make him or her very visible in Government.
The lack of knowledge of how government works can be the only explanation for the reasoning that His Excellency Governor Ahmadu Fintiri sidelined his deputy in favour of the SSG in running governmental affairs.
As for the sensitive issue of religion and Numan Federation, the people of Adamawa State are too enlightened to be taken by such precarious and malignant coloration. The intentions of the writers and their sponsors have thus far failed woefully in stirring unfounded animosity and digging hazardous pitfalls.
The Sword of Damocles they intend to dangle over our people has since been blunted by knowledge and advertent awareness of the dangers of sectionalism and religious politics.
It is indeed a futile endeavour attempting to elucidate the approbatory support and stimulating encouragement received by His Excellency from the people of Adamawa State who gave him their mandate to lead them as he is doing, to someone who had made it a chore duty to deride impeccable and pristine public figures such as Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for some narcissistic and conceited hankering mission.
Trying to create a rift between the good people of Adamawa State and exploring perceived sensitive weak points will never put food on anyone’s table, rather such an individual or organization will end up marking themselves out as enemies of Adamawa State.
His Excellency is and will always remain unperturbed by these rhetoric of hateful maleficence against him and constituents, the good people of Adamawa State. The great works embarked upon will not stop and the reality on ground speaks for itself. Therefore the futile attempt by desert herald can only be described as a disgrace to the noble profession of journalism.
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