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The presidency yesterday took a swipe at the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), saying it was crying more than the bereaved in accusing President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Government of not doing enough to provide succour for the victims of the gas explosion incident in Koluama, Bayelsa State.
National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had in a statement alleged that “the response of the government has deepened the pains of the residents and raised the fears that they could face a repeat of the 1953 disaster that wiped off the ancient Koluama community”.
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati in a statement he issued yesterday night argued that nothing could be further from the truth than the statement by the ACN Publicity Secretary, as he had personally visited the Koluama community in Bayelsa State in the company of the President.
Abati said it was not true that all the President “did was to praise the people for their ‘peaceful’ reaction to the disaster that has befallen them,” as claimed by Alhaji Mohammed.
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