President Bola Tinubu has come under fire from Mike Arnold, a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, for nominating Reno Omokri as one of the 32 new ambassadors to be confirmed by the Senate.
Arnold, a longstanding critic of Omokri, has repeatedly accused him of downplaying the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
He accused the President of appointing people who, in his opinion, compromise Nigeria’s integrity and unity in a Facebook post on Saturday.
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Mike Arnold claimed that the President put allegiance ahead of skill and called the appointments—especially those of Omokri and former minister Femi Fani-Kayode—”tone deaf.”
The former U.S mayor went on to say that the development gives young Nigerians a bad impression of the principles necessary for the nation to advance.
Recall that Tinubu had on Saturday forwarded 32 new ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, comprising 15 career diplomats and 17 non-career nominees.
However, Mike Arnold taking to his verified x account wrote: “With his recently announced ambassadorial appointments, Tinubu again proves not only to be tone deaf, but deaf, dumb and blind. The world is watching. Appointing Omokri and FFK reveals that he values money-grubbing, boot-licking, genocide-denying sycophants who flip flop on issues of substance on command over those who show even a shred of competence or integrity.
“He’s further confirming himself to be a corrupt dictator who doesn’t care one bit about the unity of Nigeria or her everyday citizens.
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“Even worse, what does this shameful tit-for-tat rewarding of slimy actors tell Nigerian children? It tells them that to advance in Nigeria today, the first step is to sell your soul and abandon any hint of honour. This is truly shameful.
“If anyone doubted that Nigeria is a disgraced, corrupt nation, today’s appointments prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt.”
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