Human rights activist Aisha Yesufu has stated that as an oppressed person in an oppressive society, being polite is not a strategy.
Yesufu’s outburst comes following the statement by Kashim Shettima that media practitioners should speak the truth without antagonising the government.
In a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima was quoted saying “What must be spelt out is that there is a distinction between antagonising a government and speaking truth to power. The latter is driven by a noble principle to serve a greater good and a deserving humanity.
“The former, on the other hand, is usually a self-serving exercise that fades into futility, and that is not the end we should aspire to achieve with the information and ideas we labour to acquire and process in our line of work.
“True courage is being able to tell the truth even in a congress of critics and bullies. The rush to partake in a smear campaign, even in the face of superior facts, is, of course, not an act of courage. This distinction sets courage apart from cowardice. It takes rare integrity to recognise the difference between the two “Cs.”
Reacting to his comment , Yesufu in a post on her X handle wrote,”In an oppressive society, politeness by the oppressed is not a strategy.”
Shettima’s hypocritical comment has generated myraids of disparaging comments from netizens.
“Same man that told Jonathan “restructuring my foot, to hell with restructuring.. “. That’s not antagonistic,”Peter Obi is the Best tweeted.
Main point wrote,”The media dey speak truth na…na the govt no like the truth…them want the media to cover truth and speak lies about the realities of Nigeria.”
“Said wicked Shitti from inside his over 21 billion naira mansion while the Nigerians who own the mansion eat from stinking & dirty refuse dumps,”velele (#TulumbuIsAFailure) tweeted.
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