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Buhari’s Government of No Substance and Propaganda

In trying to verify the accuracy of the odd appointment letter I posted here yesterday, I discovered that President Buhari actually has 9, not 6, media aides, all of whom also have a retinue of personal aides.

The presidential media aides are Femi Adesina (Special Adviser, Media & Publicity); Garba Shehu (Senior Special Assistant, Media & Publicity); Tolu Ogunlesi (Special Assistant, Digital & New Media); Lauretta Onochie (Personal Assistant, Social Media); Bashir Ahmad (Personal Assistant, New media); Sha’aban Sharada (Personal Assistant, Broadcast Media); Naziru Muhammed (Personal Assistant, TV Documentary); Sunday Aghaeze (Personal Assistant, Photography); and Bayo Omoboriowo (Personal Assistant/ President’s Photographer).

In addition, the president has about 40 paid journalists, bloggers, media analysts, commentators (whose names I have but will leave out for now), working under the Buhari Media Centre (BMC) in Utako, Abuja. The BMC is a well-furnished one-storey building with expansive premises. It has security guards, clerks, and cashiers. The team members are paid a monthly allowance of between N200,000 and N250,000.

They are mandated to react to all media contents critical of the president, write favorable news items for the president, and attack/demonize/smear people critical of the president. They also work with government agencies such as the EFCC to push narratives to deflect attention from the ineptitude of the government.
They work behind the scenes and use pen names in extended articles, and pseudonyms on social media. Almost all the members of the APC Presidential Campaign Media Directorate operate from the BMC, with the exception of those with appointments. And this excludes Lai Mohammad’s well-oiled lie squad.

When a government takes propaganda and mind-management this seriously, you know it’s not ready to change. Good deeds are their own PR. It is when people determine that they don’t want to do good deeds that they resort to mindless propaganda. If only they invested and expended as much energy in managing the economy as they do in propaganda, we won’t be where we are. I have more, but I will stop here for now. By the way, that appointment letter is authentic.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10102334200331100&id=47904265

http://www.naijahelm.com/2017/02/president-buhari-government-of-no.html?m=1

Okay!

Nnamddi:
ersonal Assistant/ President’s Photographer).

In addition, the president has about 40 paid journalists, bloggers, media analysts, commentators (whose names I have but will leave out for now), working under the Buhari Media Centre (BMC) in Utako, Abuja. The BMC is a well-furnished one-storey building with expansive premises. It has security guards, clerks, and cashiers. The team members are paid a monthly allowance of between N200,000 and N250,000.

They are mandated to react to all media contents critical of the president, write favorable news items for the president, and attack/demonize/smear people critical of the president.

http://www.naijahelm.com/2017/02/president-buhari-government-of-no.html?m=1

No wonder.
Some people here on nland I thought were progressives,built on tenets of integrity and objective assessment of issues,saying it as it is,even if to someone u wholly believed in;are nothing but paid members of that group.They praise PMB and all this govt's policies,even wen far more exposed,more intelligent and former core supporters of his,including even some chieftains of APC,acknowledge his shortcomings.
Thats irritating sycophancy,d type that shud av died with d fisherman.

Exactly..he couldn't have put it better .

We know there plan

Wailers are falling prey

Why now ?

They should listen and listen carefully

We all know how the game is played now

most of them here are on nairaland

If this government is as serious in governance as it is in propaganda, I believe Nigeria would have been better by now. All they do is to blame the past government for any and every failure, divert our attention with how much was stolen under a particular regime. They also play on our ethnic sentiments that anybody who is not happy with the current state of affairs must be an Ipod, PDP bla, bla, bla etc. You can deceive some people all the time, you can deceive all the people for some time, but you cannot deceive all the people all the time.

Ahah! They are plenty here on nairaland....commenting on 'all things buhari' ...I wonder how much they are paid....heartless set of people thhat would rather die than find a single fault with their everlasting Lord and master.... and oh, these ones we have here are simply beyond redemption

Can someone explain to this dumb professor that hiring media staffers (a photographer included) does not equate propaganda. .. what I expect to see is the propaganda undertaken not pointing numbers of staff employed. ..

Oliviaxx:
Ahah! They are plenty here on nairaland....commenting on 'all things buhari' ...I wonder how much they are paid....heartless set of people thhat would rather die than find a single fault with their everlasting Lord and master.... and oh, these ones we have here are simply beyond redemption

e.g

vedaxcool:
Can someone explain to this dumb professor that hiring media staffers (a photographer included) does not equate propaganda. .. what I expect to see is the propaganda undertaken not pointing numbers of staff employed. ..

Only enemies of state will see him as a prof

He's a scam

sarrki:
Only enemies of state will see him as a prof

He's a scam

Oga, how's your office accommodation at the BMC?
This guy just exposed the all of you paid, biased, and blind operators for this administration. Day don break!

Nigeria Problems Is Not The Goverment But Her Citizens Who Are After Political Parties Instead Of Individuals, Who Are After Religions, Regions Nd Tribe Instead Of National Interest Nd Who Are Also Their Own Pockets Instead Of D Good Of The Nation. So Stop Blaming D Goverment Nd Check Ursef If U Have Not In Anyway Lied Or Scam Someone Today. Thanks

SAD

Nnamddi:
When a government takes propaganda and mind-management this seriously, you know it’s not ready to change. Good deeds are their own PR. It is when people determine that they don’t want to do good deeds that they resort to mindless propaganda. If only they invested and expended as much energy in managing the economy as they do in propaganda, we won’t be where we are. I have more, but I will stop here for now. By the way, that appointment letter is authentic.

sarrki:
We know there plan

Wailers are falling prey

Why now ?

They should listen and listen carefully

We all know how the game is played now

""In addition, the president has about 40 paid journalists, bloggers, media analysts, commentators (whose names I have but will leave out for now), working under the Buhari Media Centre (BMC) in Utako, Abuja. The BMC is a well-furnished one-storey building with expansive premises. It has security guards, clerks, and cashiers. The team members are paid a monthly allowance of between N200,000 and N250,000.""

this is not news...

that's why I have always referred to them as 'Social Media Idiots', 'Savants' & mercenaries.

some are already here trying to 'twist' the narrative & digress from the essence of the message.

tomorrow they will say Nigeria is broke, how won't Nigeria be broke when all the money goes to servicing propaganda & promoting hate...