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     Oloye     Ebola     Dumagi     Sobi     TESCOM     Taofeek Sanusi     Aremu Odolaye     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ojuekun Sarumi     Sunday Fagbemi     Omotoso Musa     Jumoke F. Ajao     Olomu     Ibrahim Abiodun     Omu-aran     Mufti Of Ilorin     National Pilot     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Kannike     Kanu Agabi     Kassim Babamale     James Kolo     Dele Momodu     Saidu Yaro Musa     SDP     Bibire Ajape     Tosho Yaqub     Ganmo     Moshood Mustapha     Ilorin Durbar     Justina Oha     Gbugbu     Ilorin Emirate     KWTV     Tunde Yusuf     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Oluwole Dupe     Maryam Ado Bayero     Sabi     Alliance For Democracy     Maigida     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Asa LGEA School     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Kazeem Oladepo     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Charles Ibitoye     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Niyi Osundare     Sunday Otokiti     Olatunji Ayeni     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Maigida Soludero Transit     Moses Salami     Yusuf Ali     Kwara Metro Park     Elerinjare-Ibobo     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ilofa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Tsaragi-Share     Shagari     HICA     Jide Ashonibare     Tuesday Assayomo     Tayo Alao     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Sheikh Alimi     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Undergraduate Bursary     Kunle Suleiman     David Oyedepo     GANZY     Segun Olawoyin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saadu Yusuf     Ike Ekweremadu     Moses Adekanye     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Simeon Sayomi     Sanusi Abubakar     Ebola     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Funmi Salau     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Maigida Soludero Transit     Segun Ogunsola     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Ilorin International Airport     Haliru Yahaya     Maja     Patigi Regatta     Wahab Agbaje     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     NTA Ilorin     Sabo-Oke     Ayobami Akanbi     Ajibike Katibi     Doyin Awoyale     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Ejidongari     Wasiu Odewale     Elerin Of Adanla     Akeem Lawal     Kwara North     Oya State     Adedipe     Amos Justus Sayo     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kayode Issa     Ajidagba     Student Learning Support Helpline     Bamidele Adegoke     Plat Technologies Limited     Segun Abifarin     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Moshood Bakare     Oye Tinuoye     Alapado     Amusement Park     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Olaoye B. Felix     Sun Qing Rong     Abdullahi Biffo     Lotus Bank     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Matthew Babaoye     Nnazua     Emir Of Yashikira     Jaigbade Alao     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Yunus Oniboki     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Okin Group     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Old Oyo     General Hospital     Femi Gbajabiamila     John Olobayo     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Muhammadu Buhari     Olateju Lukman     Stephen Fasakin