Anambra Vegetable Export Story: Beyond the Trial on Social Media Since the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano rendered an impressive Account of Stewardship to Anambra Communities in Abuja and other parts of the North on July 22nd this year, a core of bitter opposition, fanning the usual embers of hate, has kept the social media abuzz with claims, alleging that a paragraph in the governor’s Report Card is a lie. This needless controversy was curiously sparked off by a vacuous statement, stitched together by the vicious opposition in Anambra State. As it turned, the poorly worded statement soon found a perfect outlet in Sahara Reporters, a New York-based Nigerian-owned online portal that has earned a reputation as a Media Undertaker, which in its characteristic kill-and-destroy approach to journalism splashed the story around, hawking a below average appreciation of the governor’s actual statement. It is needless to state that Sahara Reporters woefully fai...
