Criticisms have trailed and greeted the appointment of 47 media aides by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State.
In a statement released on Thurday night, Fintiri announced the appointments on his official Twitter handle.
He tweeted, “I’m pleased to constitute my media team”The governor added that “I’m confident that this diverse and talented team will play a crucial role in enhancing our communication efforts and strengthening our public engagement, Together, we’ll work towards achieving our goals and serving the people effectively”
The statement followed the approval granted by the Adamawa State House of Assembly to the governor to appoint 50 special advisers on June 6, 2023.
Fintiri had been lying low since the announcement of Mr Humwashi Wonosikou as press secretary during his inauguration dinner on May 29
The governor’s inactivity however had been blamed on the loss of his cousin, Malama Laraba Mamman, who had died in a road crash while travelling to his inauguration.
Among those appointed are, two Special Advisers, 10 Senior Special Assistants, 34 Special Assistants on Social Media and Content Creation, and one Special Assistant and Master of Ceremonies Government Events.
Meanwhile netizens and social media users have been lambasting the governor and questioning the rationale for appointing such a large number of persons as media aides.
A tweep, Opeoluwa, described the appointment as an act of fiscal recklessness that must be stopped.He said, ‘This is why we need TRUE FISCAL FEDERALISM.
This is the fiscal recklessness we need to stop. Lagos&SS states will make money for 🇳🇬, states like Adamawa that contributes nothing will use same money to appoint over 25 members in a media team.
Allow Adamawa make&spend its own money”For Chidi Okereke, he described the appointees as incompetent fellows who couldn’t advise the governor not to make such post.
@ReneRodrig in his comment, said the appointment negates tenets of cutting cost of governance that many Nigerians have been preaching especially during this austere period.
He tweeted, “Omo cutting of cost of governance in the mud. See as special media adviser long. Is this Job creation??”
With 3.44 million poor people, Adamawa has the 18th poverty rate in Nigeria according to the 2022 data from the National Bureau of Statistics
