The Buhari administration has reportedly hired the services of an American image-laundering and lobbying firm with offices in the United Kingdom and the United States, whose job description is to undertake ‘outreach and relationship building with various stakeholders’ . According to Premium Times, this came barely a month after Atiku Abubakar hired the services of lobbying firm Fein & DelValle PLLC, founded by a former Justice Department employee, Bruce Fein, to help push narratives that support his challenge of the result of the presidential election among top US politicians.  It was gathered that Atiku who hired the lobbying firm in April, agreed to pay the lobbying firm $30,000 (about N10.8 million) to cover costs and expenses for the services.

In response to Atiku's move, it was gathered that Buhari administration through the office of the Solicitor-General of the Federation, Ministry of Justice, hired another American lobbying firm, Pagefield Global, with offices in London and Washington for about N10 million monthly. Pagefield Global who were hired on May 2, are expected to give “public affairs and public relations advice and monitoring, undertaking outreach and relationship building with various stakeholders and the media in connection with legal disputes that the Solicitor General is conducting on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”In a bid to avoid public scrutiny, the Nigerian government opted for a non-written contract with Pagefield Global and it was gathered that Pagefield Global will deal directly with Dayo Apata, Nigeria’s Solicitor General.

When contacted, Mr Apata denied knowledge of the contract. However when told that his name was mentioned in the document as the contact person in the Ministry of Justice, he said he needed to look at the documents and “confirm with his boss and then get back to you.”


https://unclesuru.com/2019/05/19/buhari-administration-hires-american-lobbying-firm-a-month-after-atiku-did/



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