Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, says the government did not sponsor the US trip of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Shehu said this on Twitter while responding to a question posed by a user, Adetutu Balogun.
Balogun had sought to know if the government sponsored the trip, as well as the purpose of their attendance at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Dear @GarShehu Can you tell us, Who paid for @MBuhari‘s children to attend #UNGA and what is the purpose of their attendance? pic.twitter.com/7Ard7TK6Jx
Advertisement— Adetutu Balogun (@Tutsy22) September 21, 2016
And Shehu responded by saying:
None of President @MBuhari‘s children now with the family in New York traveled on government tickets. https://t.co/1XHbrO0hIF
Advertisement— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 21, 2016
The family paid their tickets. https://t.co/1XHbrO0hIF
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) September 21, 2016
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Some Nigerians, particularly on social media, expressed displeasure after seeing pictures of Halima and Zahra seated next to their mother at a session of UNGA.
