Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has distanced himself from unsavoury comments made against former President Muhammadu Buhari by one of his aides.
In a statement issued by Abbas’ Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi said ” It has come to the attention of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas that one of his aides granted an interview to a national daily in which he made some inappropriate comments.
“For the record, the said aide, by the name Hon. Godfrey Gaiya, did not have the imprimatur of the Speaker to grant such an interview.
” Therefore, the comments were those of Godfrey Gaiya and not Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas (PhD), has a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who serves as his spokesman. All official statements from the Speaker come from his spokesman.
“It is pertinent to mention that the Speaker has tremendous respect for and enjoys same from the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, and the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai, and will not say or do anything that will negatively affect his excellent relationship with them.
“The public should take note”.
