the investigating authorities should clear public officials they have called out in the media and educate the public on those they have mistakenly suspected. Like Sadiya Umar-Farouq, even the former chairmen of the EFCC who were similarly implicated in the media as corrupt Ibrahim Magu and Abdulrasheed Bawa deserve to have their names cleared if they are innocent.
By Law Mefor One of the primary roles of the media is to set agenda. Generally speaking, the media sets agenda for public discourse and gives the people information they need to explore the complex topics it raises in the context of public concerns. Because of this premise, the perception of facts by the public
Both former and current public office holders have been tarred and presented to the public by the media as corrupt, even though many of them served with diligence and made contributions to the growth and development of the country. Like Caesar’s wife, some of them were above board. Instead of receiving commendations, they have instead received condemnations since social media, and occasionally even mainstream media, have presented them as corrupt.
Then named the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, ably led by the Honourable Minister, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, it is now rechristened Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation led by Betty Edu. Today, it has been tweaked by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency; the successor regime to Buhari’s.
To cage a poor enterprise culture and mainstream poverty alleviation, a full-blown ministry under the Muhammadu Buhari administration was birthed and carefully designed poverty alleviation programmes and skills acquisition projects became major drivers of change, despite the extreme challenges of the period.