Allegation Of Plagiarism In Buhari’s ‘Change Begins With Me’ Speech, Deputy Director Queried—Presidency
The Presidency has responded to the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari plagiarized a 2008 speech of Barack Obama few days ago when he inaugurated the ‘change begins with me’ campaign.
In statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu, he said, the “coincidence” was an oversight by one of its Deputy Directors who has already been queried.
- The Presidency wishes to respond to a story on alleged plagiarism in a Presidential Speech that has been trending for most of today.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- The Presidency observed that the similarities between a paragraph in President Obama’s 2008 Victory Speech…
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- …and what the President read in paragraph nine of the sixteen-paragraph while inaugurating the “Change begins with me”…
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- …are too close to be passed as coincidence.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- A Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted responsibility for the insertion of the contentious paragraphs…
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- …even when a query to him was being typed.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and appropriate punishment meted.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- The Presidency, once again regrets this unfortunate incident. Measures have been put in place to ensure that this does not happen again.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- Pres. @MBuhari admonished Nigerians to move past the incident and focus on the message of change…
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
- …which the country needs in order to restore our cherished value systems.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 16, 2016
