The Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media, Garba Shehu, said on Sunday that the presidency will soon begin to hold town hall meetings with Nigerians.
Mr. Shehu made this known while answering reporters’ questions in Abuja.
According to him, government decided to embark on such meetings because it has realised the importance of information communication to the people at the grassroots.
“I know that there is a plan that the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo would start town hall meetings in zones.
“It would then be broken down to the states and so on.
“Government realises that there is a need to take information to the people and there are steps that are being taken in order to ensure that is done,” he said.
Mr. Shehu criticised the National Orientation Agency, NOA, for being indifferent to the Federal Government’s change mantra.


“We have an agency like NOA with 773 offices nationwide.
“Each has not less than 5 to 7 staff and well-equipped, but you know also, sometimes democracy has its own dark side.
“The President came and he wanted to really be fair to every Chief Executive. If he wanted to fire people on assumption (of office), he would have done it and he would not have violated any rule.
“He decided to give everyone a chance to see whether they would imbibe the change mantra, to see whether they were prepared to go along (with him).
“I will say with all sincerity that NOA was a source of worry for us in government; the people and the leadership never believed in what we are doing.
“They never believed in change. They just folded their arms and watched us for the period of 8 to 9 months that they were there.
“I believe the new leadership would begin to formulate things for agencies like that,” he said.
The presidential aide praised Nigerians for steadfastly supporting the present administration especially during a period most people considered to be difficult.
Mr. Shehu congratulated Nigerians on the achievements the President had recorded fighting insurgency and explained that the military have tagged their success against Boko Haram a “technical victory” because no city is presently under curfew.
The SSA said that with the passage of the budget by the National Assembly, the next phase for the President would be to rebuild damaged facilities and infrastructure.
He said that with the Central Bank of Nigeria realising more than N3 trillion through the introduction of the Treasury Single Account and the passage of the budget, a lot of activities would pick up.
On the quest by Nigerians to know the amount of money the Federal Government had so far recovered from treasury looters, Mr. Shehu said the litigation hurdles associated with the looted funds would have to be scaled before Nigerians were availed of the figures.

Source:

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/200899-presidency-begin-town-hall-meetings-across-nigeria-aide.html

They better make things a little fairer for their country men before venturing into such suicidal mission. The people are not currently smiling o!

Buhari fire on, the lord is your strength.

Since you guys hate my foreign trips..... I have decided to do domestic rounds instead ...Hahaha.... This is just my thought..

Another Promise, I still pray dey don't deny this in the future

If Buhari cannot do it, I wonder who else can!

To hell with your town hall meeting,all we need is the implementation of the 2014 national confab.

This administration have enough information to work with at the moment. Please can they save that money going to be spend on this town hall meeting, for important and useful things! God!!!

Another Jamboree; a great opportunity for Lai Mohammed to justify his bloated budget and loot with reckless abandon

DickDastardly:
The Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media, Garba Shehu, said on Sunday that the presidency will soon begin to hold town hall meetings with Nigerians.
Mr. Shehu made this known while answering reporters’ questions in Abuja.
According to him, government decided to embark on such meetings because it has realised the importance of information communication to the people at the grassroots.
“I[b] know that there is a plan that the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo would start town hall meetings in zones.[/b][size=8pt][/size]
“It would then be broken down to the states and so on.

[quote author=kenonze post=44164202]PMB, we love
If this will make you spend more time at home.
Wailers will still be angry at this.
There will wail saying he won't sit down in Abuja.... .

It's Osibanjo that is going to do the meetings not Buhari.
.

APC and Buhari have turned governance to an Alibaba Comedy show

.Is this not what everybody want??

Let the government discuss with the people (I just hope the meeting is going to be open to the masses) and tell us the way forward. Tell us what is really going on '(hoping that they would be honest enough) and what role we are suppose to play.

People will then bring their grievances and suggestions forward, which will be taken into consideration for the betterment of the country.

Instead of typing 'Buhari is a dullard' or 'Put the ineffectual GEJ in prison already'...
Just say it at that Town Hall Meeting.

#Democracy

Tell me which should have come first. ..... the foreign gallivanting or engaging the electorate that got you into power?

I hope its not too late as people already have their opinions about the govt as they have denied all promises and failed on all fronts.

Not sure what he intends to tell the people of Agatu
What will he tell IPOB in the SE?
What will he say to the people of rivers after murdering them through amaechi in rivers rerun and still suspended election results?
What will he say to the ppl of SS

What would he tell masses about fuel scarcity, bad economy, loss of jobs, power blackout, increased tariffs on all fronts, fulani herdsmen. ......... and the other numerous evil trailing his govt?

He should fix the issues. .... gallivanting is a waste. The only hope for a United Nigeria is true federalism and should be adopted from the confab report.

will the town hall meetings:
End petroleum scarcity? curb the worrisome growth of stagflation? improve electricity generation and distribution?end the insurgency ravaging the north east? Equate the value of the greenback to the naira? Nullify the shameful appointment made by the cbn to the president's kids and his cronies??
This shameless party should get to work already!!! Its about a year since u fvcking assumed office, and ever since, the economy and the country at large has deteriorated with the passing of each second.
And did i just hear the words" technical victory" again

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And what's the difference?

Make we laff Small Jare!!!
An accident occurred today in Nigeria 11 were
injured ,12 died so the minister of health says he has to offer N5000 naira to the injured and N8,000,000 Million to the dead for their funeral,
Guess wat Happened !!!
One of the injured got up and laid where the dead were ; one of the dead said my friend go back to that place don't bring wahala come here because they have counted us already ... HAPPY EASTER O


Kudos to Fayemi he do that in Ekiti State

A nomad is a nomad! From Foreign junketings to home junketings! Fulani and movements is like water and flowing!

Cant PMB stay at a place and think through to proffer solution to Nigeria problems? Is he still campaigning?

Buhari = confusion

Jokers

EastLebanon:
To hell with your town hall meeting,all we need is the implementation of the 2014 national confab.

another jobless individual
you can identify them with their hate speech they never see anything good in this government

I think its too early to start reminiscing on the defeat of Boko Haram, cos truly terrorism cannot be fully defeated anywhere in the world. Maybe that is why they used the word "Technically defeated".

Good one from the presidency, lets see how the town hall meetings would fair. I trust wailers to storm in the bid to embarrass themselves. Thats what they are best at doing anyways.

Lau Mohammed is a resounding failure as Information Minister
there is a great disconnect between government and the citizenry. At most times, government activities and intentions are foreign and distant to most Nigerians and the man who's supposed to bridge the gap is beholden to another Master called Jagaban
Indeed a servant cannot serve 2 masters

Lai Mohammed should fuxking ship out.
He is absolutely useless in this government

Misplaced priority....


Pls tell this propaganda govt to fulfil its campaign promises...

Holding town hall meeting was never part of it!

kenonze:
PMB, we love u.

If this will make you spend more time at home.
Wailers will still be angry at this.
There will wail saying he won't sit down in Abuja.... .

before any negativity befalls the nation,we wailers gives you guys expo by wailing so that you guys can checkmate it but all to no avail due to the high level of daura dullardilities present in this administration.

Amechi must hear this one where is Bacanista and Obiageli pls lets go and change our hall zinc and repaint it

PMB get to work, stop this gallivanting, get to work sir.

Confused ppl...HW does dis affect hike in exchange

Wailing zombies will commit suicide by the end of 4 yrs coz pmb will not fail!