Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy
Some X users have expressed mixed feelings over a post from Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu.
On Wednesday, Onanuga said a video posted on the president’s official handle is not recent.
In the clip, the president implored Nigerians to look beyond the “present temporary pain” and believe in the ability of his administration to turn things around.
Tinubu admitted that the current economic climate is “tough” on Nigerians, adding that his reforms “would work”.
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— Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@officialABAT) August 7, 2024
The video was first posted on the X handle of Ortega Ogra, senior special assistant to the president on new media, on Wednesday at 1:43pm.
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Minutes later, the video was published on the X handles of Tinubu and the presidency.
The video elicited varied reactions on social media, amid protests against economic hardship in some parts of the country.
Onanuga had tweeted that the president has not addressed Nigerians since the nationwide broadcast on Sunday.
“Trending video of President Tinubu is an old video. A trending video of President Tinubu which came out on Wednesday is not a new video. It’s a clip from the broadcast he made last year,” Onanuga wrote.
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“President Tinubu has not made any other public statement since his last broadcast on Sunday.”
Trending video of President Tinubu is an old video
A trending video of President Tinubu which came out on Wednesday is not a new video. It’s a clip from the broadcast he made last year. President Tinubu has not made any other public statement since his last broadcast on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/rMsji7FSCT
— Bayo Onanuga (@aonanuga1956) August 7, 2024
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Some Nigerians have criticised the presidential media team for being “incompetent and chaotic”.
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Tinubu’s Twitter handle posted a video of Tinubu addressing the protest, Bayo Onanuga just came up to say it is fake.
Dear spirit of confusion in the presidential villa, please don’t stop 🤣👏🏾😩🤣🤣
Advertisement— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) August 7, 2024
The incompetence of Tinubu’s government is a total embarrassment to this country.
And Bayo Onanuga is a classic symbol of all that is wrong with the government. https://t.co/0n3G0tGACFAdvertisement— Galileo (@FAGalileo) August 8, 2024
Bayo Onanuga just called out Tinubu for posting an old video as a new video.
That lawsuit by Peter Obi truly messed up that guy. 😂😂😂
— DISTINGUISHED KPMG LinkedIn Everest (@novieverest) August 7, 2024
What a shame! Presidential media team with this display of shame. I have said it over and over again, most of you took this job to advance yourselves ALONE. You’re doing a terrible job at projecting your Principal. I would have sacked most persons on this team especially, you… https://t.co/vHutvOnDAw
— Ridwan Oke (@Ridwanullahii) August 8, 2024
This is not the first time members of the presidential media team would be singing from different hymn sheets.
In May, Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to Tinubu on media and publicity, and Onanuga, posted conflicting statements about activities marking Tinubu’s first year in office.
While Onanuga said the president would deliver a speech to a joint sitting of the national assembly, Ngelale issued a counter-statement, insisting that Tinubu would not address the lawmakers.
The president thereafter showed up at a joint sitting of the national assembly but did not deliver a state of the union address.
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