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.

Kazeem Oladepo     Kwara State Fire Service     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Joseph Daudu     Sidikat Akaje     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Oniye     Fola Consultant     Alagbado     Kisira     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Magaji Erubu     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Maryam Ado Bayero     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Oniwasi Agbaye     Mujtabah Bature     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Baboko     Ayo Adeyemi     Tosho Yaqub     Students Union Government     Ileloke     NIRSAL     Sola Saraki University     Trader Moni     Amoyo     NIPR     Sarah Alade     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Kayode Zubair     Ali Ahmad     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Rashidi Yekini     Bankole Omisore     Aminu Ado Bayero     Bilikisu Gambari     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     LABTOP     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Quarry Royal Valley     Ahmed Alhasssan     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Maigidasanma     Ilorin Curfew     Budo-Egba     Niyi Osundare     Bayo Lawal     Gaa Olobi     Olatunde Michaels     Olaoye B. Felix     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Lateef Fagbemi     Kwara 2019     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     National Information Technology Development Agency     Umar Saro     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Kwara Pdp     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     CCB     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Rihanat Ajia     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     KWSUED     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Idowu Laro     Ajeigbe     Khairat Gwadabe     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Garba Idris Ajia     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Mary Arinde     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Sulu Babaita Isiaka    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Umar Gunu     Abubakar Suleiman     Ramadan     Ajase-Ipo     Post-utme     Labaeka     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Abubakar Atiku     Ohoro Of Shao     Arandun     NIPOGA     Olabode George Towoju     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Yusuf Aiyedun     General Hospital     MalHub     Ahmad Ali     Abdulfatai Baakini     Olomu     Taofeeq Olateju     Ubandoma     Alanamu     Olayinka Are     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Kubra Kazum     General Hospital, Offa     Saheed Alakoso     Wahab Agbaje     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Bayo Onimago     Kayode Laro     Waheed Ibrahim     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Moremi High School     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Funmi Salau     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Innocent Okoye     Ilorin International Airport     Share/Tsaragi     Mufutau Olatinwo     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Eleja     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Sheriff Shagaya     Ayinde Oyepitan     Daud Adeshola     Omupo     Hassan Taiye Salam     Farouk Salim     Cornelius Adebayo     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Turaki Of Ilorin     Naira Redesign     Oke-Ode     Yahya Mohammed     Shehu Salau     Oke-Kura     Radio SBS     Oya State     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Jimba Babatunde     ASUU     Okin Biscuit     Tsaragi     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Tafida Of Kaiama     Issa Manzuma     Tosho Yaqub     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi