…Says it was in error
…..Blames the error on pressure of work
Kingsley Kwubosu, the Delta State
public relations officer has shamelessly, like a thief without hour, admitted that the so called ‘sharing’ of N25m meant for journalists was done in error occasioned by ‘work pressure’.
He also took responsibility for the ‘mixup’ apologized to all concerned including the Chief Press Secretary and the State commissioner for Information but still blamed the reporter who reported the story first as vendor of falsehood.
Hear him ” …. But, pressure of work caused an error in the disbursement of the funds by me and other subordinates involved in the process, and we have since corrected the error and sorted things out accordingly.
“As the head of PR Unit where the error was committed, I take full responsibility for it, and I wish to use this medium to apologise to the CPS and the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, for the embarrassment and inconveniences caused by my unintentional blunder and social media publications.
“I urge the general public to discountenance the publications as they do not reflect the correct position on the issue,” he said in a press statement reproduced unedited below.
Commissioner, CPS didn’t divert Christmas funds
The Delta State Government House Press Unit has noted with dismay, the misleading and malicious publications emanating from Fejiro Oliver and published by SecretsReporters and other social media platforms.
In the said publications, Oliver falsely accused the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, of diverting monies meant for some of the Governor’s media aides.
These allegations are not just false but smack of unprofessionalism on the part of the author, who made the publications without recourse to the Commissioner for Information, the CPS or the Public Relations Officer of Government House to hear from them for clarification as the tenets of journalism demand.
The truth is that the CPS handed over the list of beneficiaries and the money to us in the Public Relations Unit, which I head, for disbursement. But, pressure of work caused an error in the disbursement of the funds by me and other subordinates involved in the process, and we have since corrected the error and sorted things out accordingly.
As the head of PR Unit where the error was committed, I take full responsibility for it, and I wish to use this medium to apologise to the CPS and the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, for the embarrassment and inconveniences caused by my unintentional blunder and social media publications.
I urge the general public to discountenance the publications as they do not reflect the correct position on the issue.
Kingsley Kwubosu
Public Relations Officer
Government House, Asaba
December 29, 2021.
