Presidency faults The Economist’s endorsement of Buhari

The Presidency on Friday faulted the influential United Kingdom-based magazine, The Economist, for saying that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is more competent than President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party. (Read Here)

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the Presidency said it noted the magazine’s “tongue-in-cheek” endorsement of Buhari ahead of the presidential elections with surprise.

Abati described the magazine’s view of the President as “baseless, jaundiced and rather malicious.”

He said contrary to the magazine’s claims, Jonathan retains the trust and confidence of majority of Nigerians as the outcome of the presidential elections would show. ...Punch