The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on
National Assembly matters, Senator Ita Enang, has not been
sacked.
Enang’s Special Assistant on Media, Essien Inyang, stated this
in a chat with our Correspondent on Tuesday.
He said his boss was “slightly indisposed” on Monday, hence his
inability to pick calls to dispel rumours of his alleged
sacking.
Inyang sent a quote from Enang’s statement during a live radio
programme in Uyo on Tuesday morning, where he (Enang) confirmed his
own position as Buhari’s aide at the Senate.
Enang reportedly said on the programme, “My name is Senator Ita
Solomon Enang, and I am the National Assembly liaison officer —
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National
Assembly Matters (Senate).”
His aide, Inyang, told our Correspondent, “Senator Ita Enang
said this while speaking on a live interview on Akwa Ibom Mandate,
a political programme aired on Planet FM 105.9 Uyo (Tuesday 13th
August, 2019 by 10:40a.m).”
Asked why Enang did not answer his calls since Monday when the
news broke, Inyang said, “This (conversation) is enough. He (Enang)
wasn’t disposed as at yesterday.”
The Presidency on Monday declined official confirmation of the
status of Enang, following speculations, that he had been relieved
of his position.
Enang, a former senator, defected to the All Progressives
Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2015
polls.
He eventually became the SSA to the President on National
Assembly Matters.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, redirected enquiries to the Office of
the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss
Mustapha.
“The SGF is in the best position to speak on that,” Shehu had
said.
Enang also remained inaccessible on Monday, as calls to his two
mobile lines were not picked.
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