Nigeria’s
President, Muhammadu
Buhari has
tendered an apology for plagiarizing parts of President
Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech.
President Buhari’s speech at the
kick-off of the ‘Change begins with me’ campaign contained several paragraphs
from Obama’s 2008 victory speech.
The Presidency has owned up to plagiarism and has now offered an apology.
The similarities btw a Paragraph
in the 2008 Obama Speech & Paragraph 9 of the #CBWM Speech
are too close to be passed off as coincidence(1)
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016
There was a mistake by an overzealous staff and we regret
that this has happened. (2)
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016
Already, a Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted
responsibility for the insertion of the contentious paragraph. (3)
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016
This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and
appropriate sanctions meted out (4)
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016
We wish to state in the clearest possible terms that we
regret this unfortunate incident and will ensure that it does not happen again
(5)
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016
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