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When Falsehood Becomes A Stock in Trade

#Zulum238Projects #Term2 Focus: Education (54 Projects) Zulum's 5th year in office, consolidating on sterling 4 years of the first tenure. “1,195 Projects and Counting.” Series on 238 projects in the first year of the second tenure of Governor Zulum.

By Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu

Journalism is no doubt a noble profession that seeks to inform and educate the public objectively, and obviously, a veritable tool that promotes accountability in governance for the common good of the people.

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In a press statement signed and released by Mamman Mohammed The DG press and media affairs to the governor Mai Mala Buni said that, However, it becomes a poison when wrongly used  to parade deliberate lies and falsehood, with flagrant abuse to its laid down ethics.

Some hours ago, Sahara reporters in its usual style, published a story alleging zero expenditure on basic education while, N3.8bn was expended on sitting allowance and construction of  Presidential chalets in Yobe state.

In an attempt to garnish the falsehood, a document was deliberately published in tiny and almost unreadable characters that is very unfriendly and discouraging for readers to read the content.

For those who took the pain to thoroughly scan the document, it showed the sitting allowance and construction expenditure reflected, while the alleged zero expenditure on basic education expenditure is conspicuously missing and not reflected for the reader to make an independent comparison, assessment and judgment.

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For the avoidance of doubt, the state government had in the last three quarters of the year expended over N3bn on procurement of instructional materials, rehabilitation of classrooms and hostels in over ten schools.  The sum of over N1.5bn was paid for tuition and registration fees while, another N3.5bn was paid to UBEC as counterpart funds to mention but a few.

Using one’s common sense of judgment, zero expenditure on Basic education suggests that all schools in  the state are closed.

In contrast to the unholy suggestion by the publication, schools across Yobe state have indeed recorded increase in enrolment generally and running with great improvement.

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