{"id":30835,"date":"2021-05-07T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=30835"},"modified":"2021-05-07T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:29:53","slug":"abati-president-buhari-running-a-regime-of-secrecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/07\/abati-president-buhari-running-a-regime-of-secrecy\/","title":{"rendered":"Abati: President Buhari running a regime of secrecy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former spokesman to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben has stated that Nigeria is running &#8221; a regime of secrecy&#8221; under the Muhammadu Buhari administration.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by Abati while speaking in Lagos on Thursday at the launch of a report\u00a0by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), titled \u201cSomething to Hide?: Media Freedom Under Siege in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Abati, who compared the present administration to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/04\/military-states-position-on-call-to-take-over-power-from-president-buhari\/\">military<\/a> era, expressed concern over what he described as the restriction of freedom happening under the Buhari government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are embarrassed, because despite the fact that the democratic dispensation is supposed to expand the civic space and the scope of freedom \u2014 since we have in office persons who have sworn an oath to defend and protect the Constitution \u2014 it is the same persons that are violating the constitution and restricting the scope of human freedom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are running a regime of secrecy, and if you\u2019ve been in government like I had, the mindset there is that there is something they call \u2018the need to know\u2019. So, government officials determine what they think you should know. That itself defeats the objective of an open society, of an open government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we are not running an open government; we\u2019re running a closed government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential spokesperson also said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/06\/group-kicks-against-plot-to-destabilise-buharis-government\/\">government<\/a> has made it difficult for journalists to hold public officials accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t find that public support in the country today. Journalists under section 22, have been given the constitutional right to hold government accountable, under Section 39,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom of speech is guaranteed, so that we have a society where there is a flow of information and people can hold their government accountable. 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