The Nigerian presidency has been caught showcasing projects executed by the Kano State Government as part of the legacy projects executed by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in the North-West geopolitical zone of the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, had in a 10-part series of tweets on Sunday highlighted key projects he said the Jonathan administration executed in the six North-West states of Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.

Using the hashtags #DidYouKnow?#TransformationintheNorthWest #ForwardNigeria #UpJonathan #UpNigeria, Mr. Abati deployed images and graphics to illustrate what he called the President’s transformation of the North-West zone. Reuben Abati Vs. Kano State Government: The contentious tweet and images Reuben Abati Vs. Kano State Government: The contentious tweet and images The presidential spokesperson’s tweets appear to be part of the ongoing massive publicity of President Jonathan’s legacy projects across the country in a bid to shore up his reelection chances in the forthcoming presidential election.

But Kano state officials are now accusing the presidency of fraud and demanding apology, saying some of the projects exhibited by Mr. Abati were actually executed by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. Jaafar Jaafar, the Special Assistant on Media to Governor Kwankwaso, was livid on the telephone as he complained to PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Abati, who he said speaks for a non-performing President, had coveted his state government’s projects to federal projects in a deliberate ploy to mislead the unwary public.

“This clearly shows the desperation of the Jonathan team for reelection,” Mr. Jaafar said. “Why should they lie? Why should they mislead the world?” Specifically, the Kano governor spokesperson’s grouse with Mr. Abati has to do with the two photographs he used in illustrating his sixth tweet. “Did you know? That President Jonathan’s administration has established four new universities in the North West zone?” Mr Abati had tweeted. He then used images of a multi-storey complex as well as that of a computer laboratory to illustrate the message.

Mr. Jaafar said the multi-storey complex used in the tweet is a 10-storey building on the temporary campus of Kano-state owned Northwestern University. “That building was built entirely with funds belonging to Kano people,” Mr. Jafaar told PREMIUM TIMES. “Abubakar Rimi started the building during the Second Republic as headquarters for the Kano State Investment and Property Company. When Ibrahim Shekarau came, he tried to turn it to an ICT park and he changed the name to Ado Bayero House.

“When Governor Kwankwaso came, he spent hundreds of millions of naira to complete and furnish it. It was then put to use as one of the structures at the temporary site of Northwestern university.” Mr. Jaafar also said the photograph of the computer lab published by Mr. Abati was that of Kwankwaso Informatics Institute currently located right inside the Kano State Library. “The institute was built by Governor Kwankwaso and it has already graduated many students. In fact, the government is trying to move it to its permanent site in Kura local government.”

The Kano governor’s spokesperson added, “Our advice to the Federal Government is that they should ensure that they achieve something, that they execute projects that can be shown, not talking in abstraction when they have done nothing for Kano and the North-West.
“But in the interim, we deserve apology from the Federal Government for taking credit for something they did not achieve.”
Contacted, Mr. Abati declined to comment for this story.


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Abati, u get shame @ all?

Hmmm, interesting film. Just hope all the episodes are available cos i no go like interuption when i don relax dey watch the movie.

Abati again, hmmmmmmm.

Abati can lie for nigeria. ...continue. .


he wont release a statement condemning the Ekiti State government on 7 >19 ooo.

na to dey lie about him sabi.

Jonathan lacks integrity.

edababa007:
Abati, u get shame @ all?

Yes, so disappointing!

By the time Abati's tenure as the spokesperson of this grossly incompetent administration comes to an end, he may have accumulated A LOT in terms of monetary and other material benefits, much more than what he could have ever dreamed of achieving in his former newspaper's job. However, he may have completely lost ALL his personal credibility and respect by then, which is a pity!

If you know Abati Reuben's column back in the days as Guardian newspaper editor, you would deny utterly dat he'll ever be part of a corrupt government with the gravity of castigations in his writeup.

LIES - That has been the trademark of this administration

If you ask this government to sbowcase its achievement, if they dont brandish Obasanjo's very few achievements as their own, they will be stealing state's government achievements, Well its no big deal sha, they can steal as far as they are not corrupt no wahala #stealing is not corruption

The same way they shameless tag, Obasanjo and Yardua's project as jonaTAN's own!

Bunch Of idiotic liars!

The same way they shameless tag, Obasanjo and Yardua's projects as jonaTAN's own!

Bunch Of idiotic liars!

Robber Abathief is known for peddling lies. He once credited Jona for "bringing" Facebook to Nigeria.

You think this self-serving PDP paid MODs will move this to the front-page? You think seun hasn't been paid his worth in naira? I never knew Nairaland's integrity is darn so cheap. Lol. I swear, this will never make it to the fp.

phlemzy:
If you know Abati Reuben's column back in the days as Guardian newspaper editor, you would deny utterly dat he'll ever be part of a corrupt government with the gravity of castigations in his writeup.

Every man has a price

abati is as clueless as Jonathan

Okupe and abati, d lies both av told nigerians can only be washed by d blood of jesus, am just surprised at why dey wud tell obvious lies, and dis 2 av families dey r grooming, wondering d kinda lies dere children will tell at home and to dere friends, dis one dat dere fathers live off lies and deceit.

Jonathanohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Must
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Was it not fg allocaaaation that was used in executing the project

I said this 2 months ago about Abati and other Jonathan's aides working for Tinubu.
www.nairaland.com/1916951/jonathans-aides-intentionally-making-him

What are Jonathan Achievements? i stay in Nigeria n am yet to feel it

PDP and lies, automobile and fuel!!

Is this supposed to surprise anyone?? The major currency the presidency uses to engage the people is LIES and the SSS, the Army, EFCC, and all the major government agencies seem to have caught the bug.

This administration is a total disgrace. This stuff explains why they haven't been able to engage the nigerian people with valid reasons as to why they should be retained beyond 2015, rather, all they do is engage in endless scaremongering against Brand Buhari. Now that they've attempted to do what they are supposed to be doing all along, they are caught showcasing opposition projects as theirs!!

Big shame!!!

tobechi20:
Was it not fg allocaaaation that was used in executing the project

See mumu.

phlemzy:
If you know Abati Reuben's column back in the days as Guardian newspaper editor, you would deny utterly dat he'll ever be part of a corrupt government with the gravity of castigations in his writeup.

That is what money and power does to someone who's never come in contact with both. Abati lost his mind the day he accepted the appointment.

@ Seun, Obinoscopy, OAM4J, Ishilove; why is this thread not on the front page

omenka:
@ Seun, Obinoscopy, OAM4J, Ishiluv Ishilove; why is this thread not on the front page

I tire oh. These mods are always hiding the truth from Nigerians.

See shame!

OAM4J I see you there. Please do the needful. Thanks.

This same Abati once tweeted an old picture, claiming it's that of our troops fighting in Sambisa to rescue the Chibok girls.

focus7:
Jonathan lacks integrity.

And wisdom.

phlemzy:
If you know Abati Reuben's column back in the days as Guardian newspaper editor, you would deny utterly dat he'll ever be part of a corrupt government with the gravity of castigations in his writeup.

That's normal thing in life, human being normally go where their bread is buttered. Even most of Nairalanders ranting here as if Jonathan forcefully USED their mother, if FG throw some carrots to them, you'll be shocked at the change of heart. Barcanista used to be GEJ supporter until he got employment from Amaechi as APC Internet Warrior.