President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that prompt and 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.
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.
A statement signed by Mallam Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman said
“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.
“President Buhari urges Nigerians to look beyond this incident and focus
on the message of change which the country needs in order to restore our
cherished value systems.