An aide to Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stirred controversy after openly calling for the sack of key members of the Federal Government’s Media and Communications Team.
The aide, identified as Abubakar AbdulAzeez Kaka (@abunaar), took to X (formerly Twitter) to accuse the team of failing woefully in its core mandate of projecting the administration’s policies and achievements to the Nigerian public.
In his post on Twitter, Kaka lamented that the present communication strategy “isn’t working,” adding that those in charge are “not communicating Baba’s policies and gains effectively.”
He went further to assert that “a lot of positives [are] happening but they aren’t reported effectively.”
Although the post did not name individuals directly, political watchers have linked the outburst to calls for the removal of Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga; former Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare; presidential aide Daniel Bwala; and the Minister of Information.
The remarks have since ignited heated debates across social media and political circles, with some hailing Kaka’s candour as a wake-up call for a more competent media strategy, while others condemned it as a public embarrassment that exposes cracks within the President’s inner circle.
Supporters of the administration have argued that the current media team is doing its best under challenging circumstances, pointing to the complexity of communicating government policies in an era of widespread misinformation and economic discontent. Critics, however, insist that the team’s inability to effectively manage narratives has allowed opposition voices to dominate the public space, undermining whatever gains the administration claims to have achieved.
Kaka’s public rebuke has now placed the President’s media handlers under intense scrutiny, with analysts predicting possible changes in the coming weeks. Whether the President will heed the call and overhaul his communications machinery remains to be seen, but one thing is certain — the cracks within the ruling circle are no longer hidden.
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