The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has limited official public communication to three top ranking party members.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, deputy director-general (administration) of the campaign council, Femi Gbajabiamila, stated that Dele Alake, minister of solid minerals; Abdulaziz Yari, the director-general; and Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, are the duly authorised officials to speak for the council.
Gbajabiamila said the changes were ratified to ensure a more “cohesive, disciplined and effective public engagement”.
He further said that all previously announced spokespersons would from now become members of the directorate of media and strategic communications.
“Radio and TV stations are hereby advised to take note of these changes and act accordingly. The campaign will delegate appropriate person(s) for appearances where and when necessary,” the statement reads.
The development comes less than 24 hours after Alwan Hassan, APC campaign spokesperson, struggled to demonstrate the functionality of Nigeria’s 112 emergency number during a live television interview.
Hassan had featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, where he promoted the emergency number as an achievement of Tinubu’s administration.
He challenged the programme’s anchor,
Seun Okinbaloye, to call 112 to demonstrate how Nigerians could access emergency assistance.
However, repeated attempts to connect to the number during the live broadcast did not succeed.
Although Hassan maintained the number was functional and suggested a possible network glitch, Okinbaloye questioned the explanation, saying other calls from the studio connected successfully.
Last month, during a live TV interview, Hassan said that some ministers pay billions of naira to secure appointments.
APC spokesperson, Felix Morka, however
clarified that the practice happened under the previous administration, not during Tinubu’s government.
