A foremost Scottish university has revealed reason it used President Muhammadu Buhari’s tooth-picking photo during a lecture to illustrate bad and insensitive leadership.
The prestigious tertiary institution stated that it needed to illustrate the leadership attitude towards rising poverty and insecurity.
Robert Gordon University told Peoples Gazette, the Nigerian president’s conduct describes precisely, the various examples of bad leadership worldwide, adding that it encourages academic freedom of its students and academic staff members.
“The video,” the school said, “demonstrates the lecturer summarising the results of a student-led discussion around various examples of leadership.”
“RGU is committed to upholding the academic freedom of its staff,” the Aberdeen-based institution added.
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The statement was made after the viral video of the lecture where President Buhari was used to illustrate bad leadership circulated online.
RGU students were captured in the video drawing analysis from pictures of Mr Buhari, especially the one in which he was picking his teeth, and concluded that he bore the traits of a lazy, insensitive president.
The infamous photo, which emerged as insecurity and poverty remains the order of the day in Nigeria, was released by his office on August 5, 2019, to disparage citizens demanding the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore.
The Sahara Reporters publisher activist and foremost critic of the Buhari administration was arrested three days earlier from his Lagos apartment by agents of the State Security Service (SSS).
The picture showed the president on a sofa, picking his teeth, presumably after a meal. The outer pair of his native baba riga clothes hung nearby, while the reflection from the glass shelves showed he was watching himself on television.
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