Buhari Penalizes Speech Writer For Plagiarising Obama
appropriate disciplinary action be taken against those
responsible for a wrongful insertion in his speech delivered
on September 8, 2016 at the launch of the "Change Begins
with Me'' campaign.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that it was observed that the
similarities between a paragraph in President Obama's
2008 Victory Speech and what President Buhari read in
paragraph nine of the sixteen-paragraph address while
inaugurating the Campaign on Thursday, September 8, 2016
are too close to be passed as coincidence.
It reads: "There was a mistake by an overzealous staff and
we regret that this has happened.
"Already, a Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted
responsibility for the insertion of the contentious
paragraph.
"This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and
appropriate sanction meted.
"The Presidency wishes to state in the clearest possible
terms that it regrets this unfortunate incident and will
ensure that this does not happen again," It added
President Buhari also urged Nigerians to look beyond the
incident and focus on the message of change which the
country needed to restore her cherished value systems.
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