Muhammadu Buhari Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Plagiarism scandal === In September 2016, President Buhari came under heavy criticism after a newspaper report found him using [[plagiarized]] speech during the launching of a national re-orientation campaign tagged "Change begins with me". The speech was later found to be lifted from the 2009 inaugural speech of former US President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naij.com/1081685-buhari-leaders-caught-plagiarism-scandal.html|title=Buhari and other leaders caught in plagiarism scandal|date=10 January 2017|website=Naij.com|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051531/https://www.naij.com/1081685-buhari-leaders-caught-plagiarism-scandal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/17/nigerian-president-apologizes-for-plagiarizing-obama-in-speech|title=Nigerian president apologizes for plagiarizing Obama in speech|date=17 September 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=27 January 2017|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202124714/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/17/nigerian-president-apologizes-for-plagiarizing-obama-in-speech|url-status=live}}</ref> The presidency later apologized and says the blunder was caused by "overzealous staff" and "Those responsible" will be sanctioned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/nigeria-buhari-admits-line-plagiarised-obama-160917085048164.html|title=Nigeria's Buhari admits line plagiarised from Obama|website=Aljazeera|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202064117/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/nigeria-buhari-admits-line-plagiarised-obama-160917085048164.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37395605|title=Nigeria president blames aide for plagiarising Obama|date=17 September 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121102758/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37395605|url-status=live}}</ref> However, one week later, a deputy director in the State House linked to the speech was redeployed and presidency assured Nigerian public that it has taken steps to avoid a repeat of such an embarrassing occurrence by implementing digital tools that detect [[plagiarism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/buhari-sacks-official-plagiarism-obamas-speech/|title=Buhari sacks own official over plagiarism of Obama's speech|date=28 September 2016|website=Vanguard Newspaper|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043740/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/buhari-sacks-official-plagiarism-obamas-speech/|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page