‘Reporter are puppets .They simply respond to the pull of the most powerful strings’.Revelations,that unveils why Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan keeps getting good ratings and all his positive reports published in some section of the new media sites and soft sell magazines,has brought to fore,these words of Former American President Lyndon Baines Johnson .Information presently buzzing the web, reveals that Uduaghan, who recently declared, intention to go to the senate, after the expirations of his tenure, has succeeded in buying over some medium, in order to keep his misdemeanors away from the public . According to the report, some of the online mediums were paid Six hundred Thousand Naira (N600,000) in the name of advert for three months, while the soft sell magazine editors get as much as One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) monthly amidst other freebies. This sum of money we gathered runs into hundreds of millions. The money we gathered is paid into the account of two Yoruba journalists (names withheld for professional reasons), who in turn pay into the account of some selected loyalists. More revelations unveils that even the hard news media and community journalists who reports from the State are not left out in this largesse as they are also paid monthly. The Sapele correspondent chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists whose executive we can authoritatively report is illegal are paid a paltry sum of N5,000 monthly, while the State Council of the union feeds fat from the governor cash for story. Those who let out the cat,further squealed in the report, ‘that apart from Sahara Reporters and Secrets Reporters who do not take adverts from government, especially the non performing ones, all the other media have a sold their conscience to Uduaghan. They say it is advert but the truth is that it is used to bribe them. The man has bought over the strong social media. Anytime you see his face on any media, just know that the particular media is under his payroll”. Meanwhile, few months, to the end the 8year tenure of the Governor the First Lady Deaconess Roli Uduaghan, must had foresight that, life after office may not be bed of roses,little wonder she is saving for the rainy days .It’s no more news that the cerebral woman amongst, other thing had erected a massive ,private school, in Asaba, under the guise of her popular pet programme “I Care Foundation’. www.urbanlifeng.com,however gathered that the expansive land that accommodated the school project, initially belonged to Delta State House of Assembly. And the state was planning to build a clinic and a police station at the site before the First Lady allegedly ‘grabbed’ the land .We learnt ,that the full boarding institution, which comprises nursery, primary, secondary and theological schools, is expected to be officially commissioned in few weeks.Aside the fact the family now owns choice properties in scattered around Nigeria and beyond,she also has a thriving Pentecostal ministry, the church, Great Commission Assembly, situated off Okpa Anam Road, Asaba, is one the fastest growing congregations in that axis. However, efforts to get the response of the State Information Commissioner, Hon. Chike Ogeah on the matters,were not successful,at press time.
Credit: UrbanLife