#PantamiResign: Pantami should step down as Minister – Moghalu

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Posted: April 24, 2021 at 1:32 PM, Updated: September 21, 2022 at 7:44 AM

Pantami should ‘never have scaled the vetting process and been approved for that office,’ Moghalu said

Kingsley Moghalu, a former presidential candidate, has supported calls for Isa Pantami, the troubled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, to resign over his past support for terrorist groups.

The Presidency defended the embattled Minister, claiming that he made enemies because he wanted to put Nigeria first and implemented plans and policies that would benefit the general public.

Pantami should ‘never have scaled the vetting process and been approved for that office,’ Moghalu said in a series of tweets on Saturday.

Moghalu said the presidency had double standards because former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun was forced to resign due to a past wrongdoing.

â€œI have refrained so far from commenting on the #Pantami controversy.
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â€œBut when the evidence shows that a serving minister of Nigeria has
expressed open support for global terrorist groups, he should never have
scaled the vetting process and been approved for that office

â€œThe implication of the timing of Pantamiâ€™s recanting of his views
now is that he has been serving as a minister while presumably still
harboring those views. His disagreement with Boko Haram does not absolve
him of, at the very least moral culpability for supporting Al Qaeda and
the Taliban.

â€œFor this reason, Pantami should not continue to serve as a Minister.
For him to remain in his position, and for presidency to support this,
is to tell Nigerians that we have two sets of standards from the very
same government, one for the likes of former Finance Minister Kemi
Adeosun who had to resign for a wrongdoing in her past and another for
Pantami.

â€œThis position of presidency undermines public accountability, as well as Nigeriaâ€™s struggle against terrorism.â€

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