Punch is forgiven its error on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

Date: 2023-11-09

A report in the Punch newspaper listing Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq among some purported absentee Governors is a faux pas, which we deem to be one of those moments in human imperfections.

This is particularly so because the report merely parroted a statement made by an opposition party without any attempt, even by the account of the story, to verify the claim. We do not believe that the Punch newspaper or any credible medium should have fallen for such in this age of fake news and disinformation.

A check of some photographs of activities of the Governor in the last seven days before the misleading report was published would have condemned such a copy to the bin. Apart from the earlier low-key official activities of the Governor in the last one week, the Governor joined the Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari to host the Sultan of Sokoto His Eminence Sa'd Abubakar III in Ilorin, the state capital, last Friday, November 3. The Govemor is currently in Ilorin today, November 8.

This has been the trend of his activities despite his added responsibility as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), which expectedly require that he joggles his time as he takes on more national roles like the tasks of leading his 36 other colleagues.

Despite his huge schedules, the Governor, for the record, has never at any time travelled outside of Ilorin for two weeks at a stretch between 2019 and now. Never.

We hope that the Punch will henceforth do independent checks of any claims by opposition elements and not adopt the same as its own report without due diligence that it is known for.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Boko Haram     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ahmed \'Lateef     Computer Based Test     Lukman Adeloyin     Maimunat Oniyangi     Omupo     Habeeb Saidu     Amuda Musbau     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Age AbdulKareem     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ayobami Seriki     Biliaminu Aliu     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     AGILE Programme     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Baruba     Sarah Alade     Yetunde Balogun     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Saad Omo\'ya     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Galland Marcias     Metro Park     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Ariyo     Maigida     Yomi Ogunsola     Suleman Abubakar     Offorjama     Okanlawon Musa     Yakubu Shaaba     Lithium     COEASU     TIIDELab     GGDSS Pakata     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Ishaq Salman     Vasolar     Salman Jawondo     Ayekale     Temitope Ogunbanke     Belgore     Lawal Jimoh     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Femi Gbajabiamila     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Monsurat Omotosho     3MTT     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Bolaji Nagode     Adeola Abraham     Aisha Gobir     Bukola Saraki     Kumbi Titiloye     Maja     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Aminu Adisa Logun     Ahmed Dankaya     Nigeria Customs Service     Playing Host     Babajide Ajayi     Amuda Aluko     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Tinubu     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Emir Of Kano     Halimah Perogi     Towoju     Ibrahim Mohammed     Kehinde Boyede     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Mustapha Olanipekun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Naira Redesign     KWIRS     Reuben Paraje     Gobirawa     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Bolaji Aladie     Bahago     Irepodun     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Shettima Of Ilorin     Kwara Metro Park     AbdulGafar Tosho     Aminu Adisa Logun     Lithium Deposit     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Awili Pedro     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Oba Abu     Hakeem Lawal     Share     Iyaloja-General     Ronke Adeyemi     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     April 11     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     IDPU     Jamiu Oyawoye     Suwa-Arabs     Aliyu Adebayo     CLAY POT     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Lotus Bank     Ganiyu Taofiq     Olatunji Ayeni     SUBEB     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Unicontinental Construction Company     Sobi Hill     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Ishola Abdullahi     Quranic Recitation Competition     Ike Ekweremadu     Oko-Erin     Mohammed Lawal     Lawal Jimoh     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Saad Belgore     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Sarkin Malamai     Olabimpe Olani     Femi Gbajabiamila     Amusa Bello     Akanbi-Oke     Olabanji Orilonishe     Muritala Olarewaju     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Kaiama     Democracy Day     Hussein Olokooba     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Tsaragi     Tosin Saraki     National Information Technology Development Agency     KWASSIP     Olupako     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Flights To Ilorin     Olabode Towoju