The job of a media assistant could be pretty tasking especially when it involves speaking for government. Social media has made things even more difficult for information managers. Rueben Abati christened social media irritants 'children of anger' when they launched a blistering attack on everything GEJ.
I remember how Fani Kayode would attack anyone that dares question the Aremu of Otta during his imperial Presidency. Thankfully, those were the days when the traditional media held sway, today everyone is a news outfit on its own.
Tolu Ogunlesi's work will bring him face to face with Twitter warlords and bloggers who thrive on hearsay and misinformation. Already, #PDPHouseofHunger is at work again, trending a new hash tag #WakaWakaBuhari on Twitter. Tolu and his assistant Bashir, will need to counter such narratives that tends to cast the administration in a bad light.
Tolu needs more than his creative writing skills in his new task. PMB is not making things easy for his media team. It remains to be seen if any of the criticisms gets to him in anyway. He has continued with his globetrotting as if he's unaware of people's growing discontent to what's becoming a habit.
Expect a counter hastag in few hours. If there's anything I know APC is good at, it is media power play. Meanwhile the value of naira has continued to go down. Before PMB touches down his next destination, only God knows how much it would've fallen to.
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