Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for president in 2023, has said that President Bola Tinubu is hiring more media aides to help him spread misinformation and enhance his standing with Nigerians.
However, Tinubu’s reputation cannot be saved, according to Atiku, even if he recruits 1,000 media assistants.
In response to President Tinubu’s appointment of new media aides, the PDP presidential candidate made this claim in a statement released on Monday by Phrank Shaibu, his Special Assistant on Public Communication.
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Shaibu claimed the new appointments are proof of his earlier claims about Tinubu’s intentions to spread propaganda.
He continued by saying that the President is attempting to hide the truth on his academic background and other issues in the US.
Anaedoonline.ng recalls President Tinubu on Monday announced the appointment of Mr. Fela Durotoye (Senior Special Assistant to the President — National Values & Social Justice); Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Public Engagement); Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Strategic Communications); Mr. Aliyu Audu (Special Assistant to the President — Public Affairs) and Mr. Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to the President — Special Duties).
In response to the new hires, Atiku’s aide claimed that the reputation of President Tinubu, which is currently engulfed in controversies, cannot be saved by even a thousand media assistants.
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The postings, according to Shaibu, are a validation of his assertion from September 18 in which he said the Tinubu administration was about to launch a propaganda unit.
He said, “I warned on September 18 that the Tinubu government was getting frustrated after being exposed for their many lies and that they would set up a propaganda unit.
“Now they have established a media and publicity directorate. This brings to 20 the number of media advisers appointed by Tinubu. In fact, about three of these appointees hold the exact same portfolio.
“We understand the desperation by Tinubu’s government which is currently facing a huge certificate forgery scandal and is about to be drowned by the files that the FBI will release regarding his heroin case in the United States.
“For a government that claims to be focused on fiscal discipline, it has appointed the largest number of non-statutory appointments. Isn’t it ironic that Tinubu has more media advisers than economic aides? It is obvious that he plans to use propaganda to rule. No wonder he has held only one cabinet meeting in five months.
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“Tinubu and his lackeys must, however, understand that no matter the air freshener you use in spraying excreta, the stench can never go away. No amount of image laundering can save his sinking image.
“His list of media aides include: Ajuri Ngelale (Special Adviser Media and Publicity); Tunde Rahman (SSAP Media); Tope Ajayi (SSAP Media and Publicity); Abdulaziz Abdulaziz (SSAP Print Media); Otega Ogara (SSAP Digital/New Media); Segun Dada (SAP Social Media); Nosa Asemota (SAP Visual Communications); Sunday Moses (PA Videography); Taiwo Okonlawon (PA State photography); Moremi Ojudu (SAP, community engagement southwest); Tanko Yakasai (SAP, community engagement northwest); Chioma Nweze (SAP, community engagement southeast)., Abiodun Essiet (SAP, community engagement north-central); Abdulhamid Yahaya Abba (SAP, community engagement northeast); Emmanuella Eduozor (SAP Multimedia content production). This is apart from the Minister of Information and others appointed in the ministry to drive the propaganda.
“With the latest appointment, Tinubu now has over 20 media aides, the highest in the history of Nigeria. But propaganda can only go so far. Propaganda cannot put food on the table of the poor; it cannot make their infrastructure better; it cannot solve insecurity, and it definitely cannot bring in circumspect foreign investors.
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They can only increase the amount of food accessible to the community on paper, similar to the Animal Farm character Squealer.
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