PRESIDENT BUHARI DISSOCIATES HIMSELF FROM #ISTANDWITHBUHARI ADVOCACY GROUP

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has formally dissociated himself from the advocacy group. #IStandWithBuhari and demanded that the group stop claiming any alliance with the Buhari administration immediately.
Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu on Friday asked the group to stop using President Buhari's name or that of his wife, Aisha Buhari to promote their activities.

Garba Shehu's statement in part reads,

"Among other reasons, we have found it necessary to distance the Presidency from the #Istandwithbuhari group because its premature and ostentatious celebration of the present administration's achievements is totally inconsistent with President Buhari's philosophy of service with humility"

"While the present administration has indeed recorded significant success in its priority areas of improving security across the nation, ending the Boko Haram insurgency, curbing official corruption and revamping Nigeria's economy, President Buhari is well aware that his government still has a lot of national challenges to overcome.

"The President prefers to give his fullest attention to addressing those challenges without the unsolicited and unwelcome distraction of untimely praise-singing from groups with dubious and questionable motives", the statement said.