You see, I will need to study this Baba’s tenure with the aim of writing a major book on his strategy and push as Information Minister in this era. The talent he has shown has been quite remarkable and defies all known logic.
His latest statement as reported that if not for our dear president, Nigeria would have been turned into an Islamic state is nothing but gold in the pantheons of propaganda.
I have seen this report on so many platforms as a direct response to something Obasanjo was supposed to have said. This really pushes the mantra that every issue has two sides. It’s true na. While the vast majority of us are seeing unending bloodletting, mad insecurity, looting, rape and carnage, Baba is seeing the other side which according to him if not for his principal, it could have been worse.
We cannot blame him o. He has a job to do and he must do it excellently well. My own is that when all these are over, he must write a book, not that kind of Baba Akande tales by moonlight but a very serious book that will teach aspiring Information Ministers the deft act of playing ‘boju
