Femi Adesina, the special
adviser to the president on media and publicity, says Nigerians ought to be
thankful that the spate of attacks by Boko Haram has dropped.
He said Nigerians Should Be Thankful That Terrorist Bombing Has Reduced all thanks to Buhari Presidency’, despite the recent bombings that have claimed scores of lives, the impact of terrorism was still less than what Nigerians faced under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Adesina, who is the most
senior spokesman for the President Muhammadu Buhari, said before the regime
came into power, about six bombs were going off in a day.
He said this during an
interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Sunday,
January 26, 2020.
The President’s spokesman was asked to explain to Nigerians why his principal had failed to deliver on one of his key promises, which was to defeat Boko Haram.
He said the North-East under
the Buhari regime was like heaven, while that of former President Goodluck
Jonathan was hell.
He said, “It is not as bad
as you make it seem …because we know what the situation was as of 2015 and we
know what it is today despite the reversals in security, it is still not as bad
as it used to be in this country
“Yes, there was a bomb or
two on Sunday. There was a time that there were five, six, 10 bombings in a day
in this country.”
He said Nigerians ought to
be thankful for the job being done by the government.”
When asked to respond to
criticisms levelled against him for his article in which he berated the
Christian Association of Nigeria, Adesina said he had no regrets.
He said the President of
CAN, Samson Ayokunle, did not deserve respect for issuing such a statement
critical of the President over the murder of Lawan Andimi
The President’s spokesman
said the fight against corruption; insurgency and the task of reviving the
economy were on course.