The presidency has disowned a statement circulating on social media purporting President Bola Tinubu as announcing a 50% reduction in his salary and scrapping the First Lady’s office, among other measures
Bayo Onanuga, the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to President Tinubu, issued a statement on Saturday dismissing the alleged presidential broadcast as “totally false” and a product of “mischief makers.”
Onanuga said, “Please ignore the text of an alleged broadcast said to have been made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“It is totally false. It is the handiwork of mischief makers, people bent on sowing confusion and chaos in our country. Please ignore it. President Tinubu has not made any broadcast.”
The broadcast, which had been widely shared on social media platforms, falsely claimed that Tinubu was implementing drastic measures to address Nigeria’s economic challenges in the wake of a planned nationwide protest by citizens over economic hardship.
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