Nigerian Senator Reveals Why Buhari is Right to Speak to Nigerians in Hausa

A senator from Kaduna state, Shehu Sani has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s controversial use of Hausa language in his Sallah message to Nigerians Saturday.

Shehu Sani, in a Facebook post said ‘There’s nothing wrong with the President sending Sallah message in Hausa language’’

Mr. Sani, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, said Mr. Buhari was not speaking in his capacity as Nigerian president but as a private citizen, since the country already has an acting leader in place.

“He is on medical vacation. He has transferred power to the Acting President. It’s the Acting President that is bound to act ‘officially’ on state matters, including speaking in ‘our official language, English,” he said.

But the senator admitted that the controversy sparked by Mr. Buhari’s use of Hausa was “avoidable” in the light of recent tensions in the country.

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There’s nothing wrong with the President sending Sallah message in Hausa Language.He is on medical vacation.He has transferred power to the Acting President.Its the Acting President that is bound to act ‘officially’ on state matters,including speaking in ‘Our official Language, English’.Understandably, we live in times when everything is sensitive and subject to interrogation and interpretation,this is avoidable.Lets pray for our President and our country and work hard to surmount our challenges rather than harp on the superficial and the mundane.The Presidency