{"id":22816,"date":"2021-04-17T22:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T21:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=22816"},"modified":"2021-04-17T22:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T21:01:55","slug":"breaking-minister-pantami-renounces-controversial-comments-on-terrorist-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/17\/breaking-minister-pantami-renounces-controversial-comments-on-terrorist-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Minister Pantami renounces controversial comments on terrorist groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami has renounced his radical comments on terrorist groups including Taliban and Al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said he was young when he made the radical comments, adding he is mature and knows better.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke while answering questions during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cFor 15 years, I have moved round the country while educating people about the dangers of terrorism. 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I started preaching when I was 13, many scholars and individuals did not understand some of international events and therefore took some positions based on their understanding, some have come to change their positions later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The embattled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/12\/minister-pantami-denies-having-link-with-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantami<\/a> has been facing the heat over his alleged link with terrorist groups with many Nigerians calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the minister.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister had earlier alleged that forces against the Federal Government\u2019s compulsory policy on National Identification Number (NIN) registration for all Nigerians and those residing in the country are behind recent attacks against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami has renounced his radical comments on terrorist groups including Taliban and Al-Qaeda. 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