By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA—Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Presidency over what he described as misplaced priorities, accusing it of specializing in defending images of President Bola Tinubu’s meals in Paris at a time Nigeria was battling starvation, insecurity and financial hardship.
In an announcement by Phrank Shaibu, his Senior Particular Assistant on Public Communication, the previous vice chairman faulted the Presidency’s newest ‘cease press’ and questioned its sense of urgency amid worsening nationwide circumstances.
He stated: “The Presidency’s newest ‘cease press’ is a textbook case of misplaced priorities and official shamelessness. That isn’t management. It’s tone-deafness in energy.
“Whereas communities in Niger State and different elements of the nation are underneath assault and households can now not afford fundamental meals, the Presidency is busy explaining digital camera telephones, picture high quality and photograph enhancing.
Atiku additionally dismissed the Presidency’s outrage over claims that the pictures have been generated by Synthetic Intelligence or cast, saying such reactions lacked ethical drive, given previous controversies.
He stated: “On the declare of AI or forgery, the outrage is unconvincing. When credibility is eroded, doubt follows naturally. The actual falsehood shouldn’t be {a photograph}. It’s the day by day distortion of management priorities.
“Nigeria is burning. The Presidency is enhancing footage. It’s time for the Presidency to desert public relations theatrics, return dwelling, and confront the emergencies dealing with Nigerians – starvation, insecurity, and financial collapse with urgency, humility, and motion. That’s the minimal Nigerians anticipate.”
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