Femi
Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, does
not agree that Nigerians are unhappy with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Osasu Igbinedion on 'The Osasu Show',
the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi
Adesina, revealed that he does not agree that Nigerians are unhappy with
President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that anyone who says Nigerians are
unhappy with Buhari is guilty of “over-generalisation” unless such claim is backed by “empirical facts”.
According to TheCable News
who monitored the interview, 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.”
The presidential spokesman 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.”
When asked for comment on President Buhari's controversial comment
that his wife, Aisha Buhari belongs in the kitchen, the living room and
the other room, 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”.
Watch the interview below;
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