Former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has advised presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, to move over to Nollywood and write scripts for their movies, calling him a sycophant and comedian for making a case of frugality on President Muhammadu Buhari’s 32-inch television.

Mallam Garba had in a short essay lauded the simple and Spartan life of Mr President for watching the Nigeria-Cameroon match on his 32-inch television, which according to him was a reflection of Buhari’s austere lifestyle and aversion to corruption and ostentation.

The article which was published in local media must have irked the former minister who railed at Garba in a series of tweets posted on her Twitter handle, @Obyezeks.

She wrote: “@GarShehu Why not move over to Nollywood and write scripts for their movies? Can’t you folks learn that GOVERNANCE is a SERIOUS MATTER?

“Our public officials fail to#Benchmark what they spend their time on against their contemporaries in say, emerging economies. It’s tragic.

“When information comes out from the stable of the President of a country, Citizens should want to take it SERIOUS. STOP YOUR COMEDIES pls.

“The sort of Genuflecting sycophancy that you, .@GarShehu have written on the Pres @MBuhari makes it DIFFICULT for you to TELL HIM THE TRUTH.

“No one who works with a leader&spends their time “singing their praises” is of value to them. FACE YOUR WORK, people. FACE YOUR REAL WORK!”