Stop Using My Name; Buhari Disassociates Self With #IStandWithBuhari Group

 Buhari has dissociated himself from the advocacy group known as #IstandwithBuhari.

Buhari made his position known in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday.

The presidency, according to the statement, has no connection with the group and called on it to “stop claiming any allegiance to the Buhari administration.”

“Among other reasons, we have found it necessary to distance the Presidency from the #Istandwithbuhari group because its premature and ostentatious celebration of the present administration’s achievements is totally inconsistent with President Buhari’s philosophy of service with humility,” the statement read.

“While the present administration has indeed recorded significant successes in its priority areas of improving security across the nation, ending the Boko Haram insurgency, curbing official corruption and revamping Nigeria’s economy, President Buhari is well aware that his government still has a lot of national challenges to overcome.”

The statement further said, “The President prefers to give his fullest attention to addressing those challenges without the unsolicited and unwelcome distraction of praise-singing from groups with dubious and questionable motives.”