NIGERIANS NOT HAPPY WITH BUHARI? WHERE ARE THE FACTS? BY FEMI ADESINA

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president
on media and publicity, does not agree that
Nigerians are unhappy with President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu
Show, Adesina said anyone who says
Nigerians are unhappy with Buhari is guilty of
“over-generalisation” — unless such claim is
backed by “empirical facts”.
When told that Nigerians are suffering and
are not happy with the Buhari government,
Adesina said: “Well, I would just say that
person is guilty of over-generalisation. When
you say Nigerians, where are the facts? It is
not empirical.
“What research has he conducted, how many
Nigerians did he talk to? How many
responded this way, how many responded
that way? It is not scientific, it is not
empirical. It is not true.
“I tell you, millions upon millions of Nigerians
are with this administration, they are with this
president, they believe in him, they believe he
would bring change to the country, and they
are willing to wait till that change touches
different aspect of our lives.”
Adesina said change had come to the
northeast, and highlighted the progress that
had already been recorded in the region.
“Of course, in different areas of our national
life, we have seen the change. For instance,
don’t you trust your government now,
particularly the government at the centre? You
trust the government.
“That was why fuel prices changed, went as
high as N145 per litre, and all hell didn’t
break loose, because people trusted the
leadership: he is doing this in our own
interest.
“A number of people think change is when the
naira exchanges one to one to the dollar; it
would be a good change. We will get there.
That can never happen by a sudden flight;
we’ll get there.
“The economy will pick up. We are in
recession now, we will exit it and things will
get better but it needs patience. The promises
that have been made to Nigerians, we would
need patience before we can inherit the
promise.”
Buhari had said while in Germany, that his
wife, Aisha Buhari belongs in the kitchen, the
living room and the other room.
But Adesina declined to address the
president’s comment on his wife because
“that has been well taken care of”.
“It is not something I would talk about,” he
said, although he added that his own wife is a
professional who belongs to every room —
not just the kitchen, living room and the other
room.
“They [the rooms] exist in every home,” he
said. “My wife belongs to every room. My
wife is a professional, she works.”
He urged those talking of a cabal in Buhari’s
government to name members of the cabal.
He also spoke on the recent raid of judges
home by the Department of States Security
(DSS).
“The DSS is an independent arm of our
security agencies, they saw what was
needful,” he said.
“The DSS, among others, is to act against
anything that can threaten the security of the

state, and you know corruption in the judiciary
[is] a big threat to the state, and so the DSS
moved against it.”
Adesina said those making all sorts of
allegations had “eaten sour grapes” and “their
teeth are set on edge”. He added that the fact
that the PDP “ate sour grapes, their teeth
must be set on edge”.
Source : TheCable