The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, is to embark on a visit to the six regions of Nigeria.
He is likely to start with the Southwest, and also tour the Southeast, South-South, North-West, North-East and North-Central.
Okupe, who has received as office a rented apartment at 70 Kwame Nkrumah Crescent, Asokoro, is happy with his new status. He has also taken delivery of a brand new BWM as his official car.
While touring the country, the former spokesperson for former President Olusegun Obasanjo will be armed with copies of a book, titled “Sure & Steady Transformation”, which is said to be a propaganda on the ‘achievements’ of his boss, President Jonathan.
Meanwhile, more facts have emerged on why the President failed to release a statement that had been drafted on the condition of his wife, Patience. Presidential sources said that the President had a meeting with members of his media team last Monday, where he was convinced that a statement must be released on the issue.
At that meeting, which was held inside the Presidential Villa, were Okupe, Dr. Reuben Abati, Patience’s spokesman, Mr. Ayo Osinlu, and a few other aides.
After the drafting of the statement, which had categorized the ailment and how the First Lady travelled outside the country, the aides left, waiting for the President to give the final approval.
In anticipation of that, our source said, Osinlu started calling reporters, alerting them to the forthcoming statement on the health situation of her boss.
“But suddenly, the President changed his mind when he met with some of his tribesmen, who advised him against it,” the source said.
However, Mr. Jonathan is said to have regretted his decision, as he is said to have realized that he was misadvised.
“Now, he now feels that Nigerians don’t see a difference between him and the family of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who hid his ailment from him and Nigerians when he was ill,” a presidential source said on Sunday.
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