Presidency Faults Editorial on First Lady The statement said: "The newspaper is just noticing that she speaks from this same podium after over two years is certainly a betrayer of maximum mischief. It also shows that the records of the newspaper are embarrassingly poor to state that it was only in February that she began to speak from a podium with a crest,” Osinlu said. “In any case, does the seal that seems to have given the writers so much sudden concern proclaim “Seal of the Office of the First Lady”? Of course, no. Rather, it simply announces “First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”!,” Osinlu noted. He argued that the editorial had placed the newspaper in the ranks of “a section of the Nigerian media” bent on vilifying the First Lady, saying the development was unfortunate. “The misfortune runs deeper when the platform so abused is the ‘almighty’ Editorial Opinion,” Osinlu emphasised. Insinuating that the presidency was aware of some of its detractors parcelling and handing bribes to media houses in order to discredit his principal, the media officer advised that: “For obvious professional and ethical reasons, the media must not allow itself to become conspirators with profligate administrations, who squander their people’s commonwealth for self-serving political pursuits, while the people remain in abject misery and sinful lack!” na wa..
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:23:29 +0000
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