Nigeria: Presidency - Jonathan Is Not Incompetent

5 February 2013

The Presidency Monday reacted to opposition claims that President Goodluck Jonathan was incompetent and incapable of managing the affairs of the country, stating that the president's background does not fall into the mould of the "incompetent" or "cluelessness" tag that the opposition wants Nigerians to believe.

Reacting to Lagos State Governor, Babtunde Fashola's "auto mechanic's allegory", the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, said in a statement, "President Goodluck Jonathan is perhaps the most academically qualified Nigerian president ever," dismissing the accusations as mere propaganda by the opposition parties.

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