For some days now, the recent appointment of spokespersons by President Bola Tinubu has generated a lot of reactions on social media as some Nigerians welcomed the development while others have been indifferent about the development.
However, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for the restructuring of his media team.
Tinubu, on Monday, approved that his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga; and new appointees — Sunday Dare and Daniel Bwala, work jointly as his spokespersons.
The PDP leader, however, faulted appointing more than two people to manage the presidential communication team, adding that the idea of having an “attack dog” is obsolete because the world now thrives on believability which engenders acceptance and good governance.
Showunmi disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday.
He said, “For someone who has built and invested heavily in the media and who has enjoyed significant support from the media, especially during his run for the presidency, it beats me how he is suddenly so confused and disorganised with a straightforward task of putting together a coherent, light-footed, fit-for-the-purpose media team.
“Just look at the cacophony of strange fellows he has appointed, from the rather too-old-for-the-era Methuselah to the turncoat minimal value blabber. They are too many, the job description is all over the place, and some of them have neither real access to nor an understanding of how the Nigerian media space works.