Throughout the most recent few weeks, Nigeria’s Minister for Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has been in the news not for a significant forward leap in his service, but rather for some unacceptable explanation that has solid connections with his past.

Pantami has a reported history of perspectives, exercises and affiliations that make him a fit contender for both homegrown and worldwide close watch on issue identifying with psychological militant help and feelings.

This air has made him an ill suited individual to hold high open office in a country that is essential for the worldwide mission against psychological oppression and fanaticism. The consideration, which the minister has drawn of late, is just in light of the fact that his previous activities and arrangements don’t fit the profile of somebody who ought to be endowed with an essential public office.

Consequently, there have been offensive calls by Nigerians for the minister to clear the workplace, which he involves. We are in concurrence with that call. Yet, it is disturbing that, despite every one of the abnormalities in the Pantami issue, the Presidency, through Garba Shenu, Buhari’s media associate, has stepped in to shield and shield Pantami from public requests that he be considered responsible for his past.

It is astounding, as far as we might be concerned, that an administration that is battling instability should take this position and hold such a character as a bureau part as opposed to firing him and saying ‘sorry’ to Nigerians. Government shouldn’t be battling weakness and psychological oppression and simultaneously having in its overlap somebody who claims reverence for fundamentalists and fear monger associations.

Government, by its remain on Pantami, is accidentally promising others, particularly the youthful ones amidst joblessness and destitution, to toe that way since it is not, at this point a wrongdoing. It is telling the youthful ones that they can do or say whatever they like, turn round and tell the world that they have apologized and there’s nothing more to it.

This, in our view, ought not be excused, except if the public authority is telling Nigerians and the remainder of the world that anyone could be a criminal aside from the individuals who are in the passageways of force or have associations in government.

The threat in the entirety of this, notwithstanding, is that this is an administration that is looking for help from Europe and America in its battle against instability and psychological warfare, yet it has the dossier of individuals like Pantami in its overlap however not doing anything about it. With this, the outside countries would pose inquiries if Nigeria is really genuine in its battle against weakness.

Regardless of whether the president doesn’t request that the clergyman leave, we request that the pastor should take the good way and quit office. That is a worldwide best practice and we have witnessed it here in Nigeria when Kemi Adeosun, previous account serve, surrendered when blamed for endorsement falsification.

Other than his uprightness, President Buhari should release the clergyman on the grounds that proceeding to hold him in office adds up to making his organization disagreeable both locally and globally.

Terminating the clergyman enjoys the benefit of filling in as an obstacle, particularly to youthful Nigerians, not to connect with or support cultism, psychological oppression, hostility or banditry on the grounds that such demonstrations will frequent them and deny them great freedoms further down the road.

The Pantami case is anything but a defenseless one if the public authority should prevail upon Nigerians. There are two basic and simple routes out it. The main, which is the simpler, is for Pantami to leave his arrangement and delicate an open statement of regret to all Nigerians.

The subsequent one is for Buhari to practice his right of extreme official obligation by easing Pantami of his arrangement to save himself, his organization and the country the waiting shame of the minister’s proceeded with stay in office.

Chidi Amuta, a public issues reporter contends that if the president keeps Pantami in office, he will have accepted psychological oppressors, and could lead the general population to repulsive ends that can just load up his all around swelling things of political liabilities. We can’t concur more.