Tinubu enlarging his media team, even as propaganda won’t put food on tables
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
President Bola Tinubu’s latest expansion of his media team with bloated pay when the country is yearning for reduction in the cost of governance will not save his reputation from scandals, Atiku Abubakar has said.
Tinubu’s recent appointment of five additional media aides confirms his desperation to salvage what is left of his “drowning reputation,” Atiku insisted in a statement issued through his Media Aide Phrank Shaibu.
He was reacting to reports on Monday of the creation of a new Media and Publicity Directorate in the Villa with five employees to manage the public optics of the President.
“Not even a thousand media aides can save the reputation of President Bola Tinubu, which is currently drowning in scandals,” Shaibu said.
The new are include:
- Fela Durotoye – Senior Special Assistant to the President (National Values & Social Justice).
- Fredrick Nwabufo – Senior Special Assistant to the President (Public Engagement).
- Linda Akhigbe – Senior Special Assistant to the President (Strategic Communications)
- Aliyu Audu – Special Assistant to the President (Public Affairs)
- Francis Abah – Personal Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
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Tinubu has more media advisers than economic advisers
“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,” Shaibu said, per Vanguard.
“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.
“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 [previous] 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)
Propaganda won’t put food on the tables of Nigerians
“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.
“They can only like the character, Squealer, in Animal Farm succeed at increasing the quantities of food available to the community only on paper.”