President Jonathan Drops The Ball - ACN Press Release

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said that while President Goodluck Jonathan's surprise visit to the Police College in Ikeja last week to see the decrepit state of the training institution is commendable, the President again dropped the ball by his comments during the visit.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said, instead of using the occasion to tell Nigerians what his administration will do to uplift the training institution and many of its likes across the country, the President chose to berate imaginary enemies who are bent on embarrassing his administration, and also questioned how Channels managed to film the rot in the college.

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''Mr. President, those comments were totally unnecessary, and they put a damper on what would have been a great moment for you. A surprise presidential visit is always a good strategy for leaders to see things in their real state, without the usual window dressing that heralds scheduled visits. But it must be properly managed to achieve the maximum effect. Failure to make the best of that moment is akin to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,'' the party declared.
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