Presidency reacts to the reported Buhari's Plagiarism, says it was a mistake by staff

 
I told you earlier of how the social media community went wide after it was revealed that our dear President Muhammadu Buhari has been copying speeches from other world leaders.READ here in case you missed out. The Presidency has finally reacted to that. The senior special assistant on media and publicity, through a series of tweets' says that it was "a mistake by overzealous staff" and that there is an ongoing investigation on the said matter
read the tweets below 


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2. ...delivered on September 8, 2016 at the launch of the ``Change Begins with Me’’ campaign.
 
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3. It was observed that the similarities between a paragraph in President Obama’s 2008 Victory Speech and what President Buhari read in..


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4. ...paragraph 9 of the 16 paragraph address while inaugurating the Campaign on Thurs., Sept.  8, are too close to be passed as coincidence


 

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5. There was a mistake by an overzealous staff and we regret that this has happened.


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6, Already, a Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted responsibility for the insertion of the contentious paragraph.
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7. This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and appropriate sanction meted.
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8. The Presidency wishes to state in the clearest possible terms that it regrets this unfortunate incident...
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9. ...and will ensure that this does not happen again.
 

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10. President Buhari urges Nigerians to look beyond this incident and focus on the message of change...


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11. ...which the country needs in order to restore our cherished value systems.