Two sources at the Presidency in Abuja have told SaharaReporters that Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari and arguably the biggest power player in the government, was the source of a major speech delivered by the Nigerian president in which the words of US President Barack Obama were plagiarized.

The two sources claimed that Mr. Daura had hijacked the task of providing speeches for the Nigerian president, adding that he often threw away draft speeches that he did not commission.

Asked whether the president’s nephew personally wrote the controversial speech that stole Mr. Obama’s words without attribution, our sources said that Mr. Daura certainly produced the speech. “It is possible he wrote it himself, or he went and asked somebody else to go and write it and bring,” said one source. The other stated, “I can tell you that nobody writes speech anymore for President Buhari but Mamman Daura.”

According to our sources, Mr. Daura was behind President Buhari’s inauguration speech, which lifted a famous quote from the late French leader Charles de Gaulle. They said the president’s nephew was also solely responsible for writing or commissioning Mr. Buhari’s now infamous speech entreating Nigerians to accept the idea of “Change begins with me.”

Our sources disclosed that the Presidency was trying to fool the public through its spokesman, Garba Shehu, who said a deputy director had written the now widely ridiculed speech. Mr. Shehu had also declared that the speechwriter would be punished.

Our investigator discovered that Mr. Attah Esa is the only deputy director attached to the State House media office. His duties are concerned only with newspaper reviews.

Our sources disclosed that, unlike former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar'Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan, President Buhari does not have an identified official speechwriter. SaharaReporters learned that presidential aides, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, often only get to see President Buhari’s speeches when such speeches are distributed at official functions. “That’s why Nigerians no longer get an advance synopsis of presidential speeches online as happened during Jonathan’s era,” said one source.

The same source added: “Under President Buhari, all types of speeches, whether on the economy, education or terrorism, are organized solely by Mamman Daura, who thinks he knows everything. Buhari’s Personal Assistant, Sabiu Yusuf (popularly known as Tunde Idiagbon) then types the speeches.”

Our sources disclosed that Mr. Daura even discouraged any input from MDA. “He is known not to use drafts submitted by MDAs, even on technical issues such as budget, climate change and maternal health,” one of them said.

During Jonathan's Presidency, Oronto Douglas, who died last year, served as the official speechwriter. Draft speeches from MDAs were submitted to him for vetting, and he consulted with the agencies throughout in order to ensure objectivity and correctness.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/09/18/president-buhari%E2%80%99s-powerful-nephew-mamman-daura-named-source-speech-plagiarized-obama

Nigeria, a country where the worst among the citizens are given a chance to rule over the brightest so they can bungle and blunder about while other nations prosper.

I blame the south west for this blunder called buhari.

Issorite

Oga seun and lalasticlala Now let us see what punishment Buhari will mete out to Mamman Daura as widely proclaimed earlier!

...

is the plagiarism the cause of this economic recession?.

buari does not even have his official speech writter no wonder he's a dullard.

You see, this is what happens when u fix square pegs in round holes. Its virtually clear the this gov is so much longs for power and ministerial appointment even when they dont qualify for it! Now, Buhari had to fix an alhamjeri family member to write scripts? This gov is a joke!! A gov that dosnt even observe or follow protocols. We thank God he didn't add nursery rhythm in the script.

It is part of it o

Lanretoye:
is the plagiarism the cause of this economic recession?.

Quota system at work

People are trying very hard to discredit and cause confusion between mamman daura and president. What people dont know is that the bond between them is very very strong!

e be like say e dey run for family o. na this type d copy person plus d person exam number for exam hall.

Well it's no more news.It is two senile dullards from Daura the land of cows who are beneficiaries of a grossly defective quota system.

The Buhari Presidency has really suffered. This is what you get when you run a country like a livestock farm. All sorts of gossip trail you; from the most absurd to the very bizarre.

Daura will be accused one day of ordering Aisha to grace his bed, until then, we wait and watch...

[/b]"Our sources disclosed that the Presidency was trying to fool the public through its spokesman, Garba Shehu, who said a deputy director had written the now widely ridiculed speech. Mr. Shehu had also declared that the speechwriter would be punished."[b] Nigerians should see this! .Team-#CHANGEBEGINSWITHLIES and then #CHANGECONTINUESWITHPROPAGANDA

Those of them shouting plagiarism actually copied and pasted their own final year projects from google



Besides , There's a difference between plagiarism and wise words / quotes


Anyways , na una sabi

HtwoOw:
Those of them shouting plagiarism actually copied and pasted their own final year projects from google



Besides , There's a difference between plagiarism and wise words / quotes


Anyways , na una sabi

And you didn't?

And we left this

During Jonathan's Presidency, Oronto Douglas, who died last year, served as the official speechwriter. Draft speeches from MDAs were submitted to him for vetting, and he consulted with the agencies throughout in order to ensure objectivity and correctness

For this nonsense?

Mr. Daura even discouraged any input from MDA. “He is known not to use drafts submitted by MDAs, even on technical issues such as budget, climate change and maternal health,”

HtwoOw:
Those of them shouting plagiarism actually copied and pasted their own final year projects from google

Besides , There's a difference between plagiarism and wise words / quotes
Anyways , na una sabi

Kai! Shattap dia! Always justifying nonsense! What the president and his handlers did was wrong in its own right and on every front, pure and simple! They have even made an effort to pretend to admit and apologise yet ur default APC setting to defend idiocy will not let u accept the facts.
Even if 10 million others did it, it does not justify his doing same otherwise where the heck is the goddamned change?! Where is d honour, integrity, professionalism and intelligence with which he is expected to do right and bring about change? He is President and therefore held up to different and higher standards!

Rubbish and ingredients!

papaejima1:
And we left this
For this nonsense?

Nna nwannem! Ike gwuru!

papaejima1:
Oga seun and lalasticlala Now let us see what punishment Buhari will mete out to Mamman Daura as widely proclaimed earlier!

abi?

Paperwhite:
[/b]"Our sources disclosed that the Presidency was trying to fool the public through its spokesman, Garba Shehu, who said a deputy director had written the now widely ridiculed speech. Mr. Shehu had also declared that the speechwriter would be punished."[b] Nigerians should see this! .Team-#CHANGEBEGINSWITHLIES,then continues with the hastag; CHANGECONTINUESWITHPROPAGANDA

Chai!

HtwoOw:
Those of them shouting plagiarism actually copied and pasted their own final year projects from google



Besides , There's a difference between plagiarism and wise words / quotes


Anyways , na una sabi

And we gave credit to the original writer.

This truly explains why the country is in recession: they're all incompetent.
None of the people Buhari has in his cabinet is there by merit.
Let them keep on embarrassing Nigerians on weekly basis.

nsogbu di

dahaz:
People are trying very hard to discredit and cause confusion between mamman daura and president. What people dont know is that the bond between them is very very strong!

So Those People You Are Accusing Now Are Responsible For Plagiarizing Obama's Speech..

Lies

He may be responsible for "I am not for anybody" statement, but cannot be writing all president speeches.

kenny987:


Kai! Shattap dia! Always justifying nonsense! What the president and his handlers did was wrong in its own right and on every front, pure and simple! They have even made an effort to pretend to admit and apologise yet ur default APC setting to defend idiocy will not let u accept the facts.
Even if 10 million others did it, it does not justify his doing same otherwise where the heck is the goddamned change?! Where is d honour, integrity, professionalism and intelligence with which he is expected to do right and bring about change? He is President and therefore held up to different and higher standards!

Rubbish and ingredients!

I don't mind a President who steals words to encourage his people, not a President who steals money to impoverish his people.

This shows that our President is just reading news in the name of giving speech.

No wonder, I've been wondering how somebody who said that "He belongs to everybody and he belongs to Nobody" will contradict himself by saying that "In all honesty, he will not treat those who gave him 95% vote same way with those that gave him 5% votes.

Sahara Raporters deceiving gullibles to fight proxy war against some members of Buhari kitchen cabinet on behalf of some of their aggrieved APC paymasters that want Daura out of the way for their own selfish interest

Dividends of nepotism.