Nasarawa Mirror Is A Conduit Pipe For Fake News

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The Directorate of Strategic Communication and Press Affairs is shocked by the appalling propaganda carried in THE NASARAWA MIRROR ONLINE where it “reported” that, His Excellency Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura “was said to have held a closed-door meeting in Dubai, UAE with PDP’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over the 2019 general elections” and that Governor Al-makura “has agreed to work for Atiku to ensure he wins the presidential poll in the state!”

For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to categorically state that this TISSUE OF LIES being peddled online by NASARAWA MIRROR like many other instances of blatantly biased and unsubstantiated reportage, CONFIRMS OUR BELIEF beyond reasonable doubt that NASARAWA MIRROR is nothing other than A PURVEYOR AND CONDUIT PIPE FOR FAKE NEWS AND PROPAGANDA whose corporate goal is to instigate public acrimony and political confusion in Nasarawa State.

As the election circle draws near, we are worried that NASARAWA MIRROR is least concerned about the damage which FAKE NEWS can inflict on a peaceful society, nor does it appear that NASARAWA MIRROR even understands the fact that journalism is a profession which is anchored on ethics which stipulates a certain moral code of behavior, decent standard of balanced and fair reportage and accuracy in research.

It is a professional tragedy and a dangerous reality in this era when the Federal Government is waging a vigorous campaign against FAKE NEWS that NASARAWA MIRROR has stubbornly continued to pander to the deliberate distortion of facts and the concoction of FAKE NEWS which

it circulates online with the sole intent to malign the integrity of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura and to downplay the achievements of the APC administration in Nasarawa State, all for the purpose of scoring for its paymasters some presumed political advantage!

If the report on NASARAWA MIRROR is not FAKE NEWS, then our questions to NASARAWA MIRROR are FIVEFOLD: FIRST: How come on the day NASARAWA MIRROR will allege that Governor Al-makura was attending a fictitious meeting in Dubai with Atiku Abubakar in the company of APC gubernatorial candidate in Nasarawa State, the same Engr. A.A. Sule was seen on social media visiting Barrister Sani Bawa in Nasarawa-Toto to console him over the loss of his mother? How is it possible for Engr. A.A. Sule to be in Dubai at the same-time, at the same time he is in Nigeria? SECONDLY: Looking at the Group Photo put up by NASARAWA PHOTO to show evidence of the alleged meeting, one must ask is the former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie Oyegun also in talks with Atiku? And is Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina state also in talks with Atiku? Have both Oyegun and Masari also agreed to work for Atiku? THREE: Why would Atiku propose a deputy governorship candidate for the PDP in Nasarawa State, if he is already in league with the APC? Or is Atiku also working against his own party PDP? FOUR: How come it is only NASARAWA MIRROR that reported this FAKE NEWS? How did the Nasarawa Mirror reporter spirit himself into this closed door meeting?

We have noticed that where the activities of APC and the government of Nasarawa State is concerned, 90% of the reportage on NASARAWA MIRROR are presented selectively and in half- truths with the aim of demonizing Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura and the APC. We have statistical evidence to show that 90% of reports on Nasarawa State which appear on NASARAWA MIRROR is purely FAKE NEWS AND PROPAGANDA that is not objective and instead of telling our people the truth,

NASARAWA MIRROR consciously twists facts to malign the person of Governor Al-makura, cast his administration in bad light and assuage very visible opposing political tendencies.

Elections are defining events of modern democracies and each election brings with it a responsibility that requires citizens to make choice between individuals, parties, and policy options and we wish to restate here that no amount of FAKE NEWS, MEDIA BULLYING OR PROPAGANDA from NASARAWA MIRROR and their paymasters will diminish his achievements the achievements of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura or his unfettered loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC!

Yakubu Lamai

Director General;

Strategic Communication and Press Affairs

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