Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has disclosed that took a pay cut to join the current administration.

Appealing to Nigerians not to lose hope in the government, the former managing director of The Sun Newspaper said he is not immune from the hardship in the land.

He attributed the economic crisis to mismanagement on the part of previous administrations, but said very soon, the people would have course to rejoice.

The presidential aide said his principal had not forgotten the promises he made during the campaign period.

Adesina said this in an article entitled: ‘After Ye Have Suffered A While’. It was published on the backpage of The Sun.

[b]“Here comes the preacher. What does he want to tell us? Doesn’t he know that we are hungry, and the din of hunger makes one deaf to reason? The rumble in our tummies, as the worms compete for the little food left there, will surely be louder than what anybody can say now. True? Not exactly. Come, let us reason together,” he wrote.

“Father Ejike Mbaka, that fearless priest of the Catholic church, gave an illustration recently, which I believe was not revealed to him by flesh and blood. There is hunger in the land, with people severely famished. And there is ululation, loud enough to deafen the deaf all over again, and wake the dead from his eternal sleep. The wailers are wailing so loud, as if Bob Marley had resurrected with his band, the Wailing Wailers. But hear Fr. Mbaka: somebody came, looted your kitchen, carried away all the food.

“He did not even leave you crumbs to console yourself with. And then comes another person, trying to replenish your pantry, trying to restock your kitchen. And then you begin to shout; we are hungry o, we are hungry o, to the point of distracting and discouraging the new man. Who should you rather wail and rage against? The man that looted your kitchen, of course.

“That is the exact similitude of the position of Nigeria. There is hunger, lack, and deprivation in the land. But is it a death knell? Not when the kitchen is being restocked, and we will soon feed till we want no more.

“I am on a national assignment that has cut my legitimate annual income by one third, so when there is hunger in the land, I go hungry too. Well, almost. When people talk of lack of money, I penny-pinch, too.

“Well, almost. Let nobody think those in government are insulated from what is happening in the country. At least, those who have truly come to serve. But those precious promises hold true any day. ‘In the days of famine, my people shall be satisfied.’ ‘The young lion may lack, and suffer hunger, but those that trust in the Lord shall not suffer any good thing."[/b]

HungerBAD:
Ok

HungerBAD:
Ok.

It no easy to defend Buhari.

But we must try.

jesse8048:
Just shut that your buccal cavity Mr man. Are u trying to compare yourself with minimum wage that can't buy a bag of rice or people whose salary has been slashed by 50% or people who lost their job completely or people whose business has folded up. When will u all in the govt stop this blame game cos it's already stale. When your principal was using politicians instead of technocrats what was he thinking. Useless people.

HungerBAD:
Ok.

It no easy to defend Buhari.

But we must try.

HungerBAD:
Ok.

It no easy to defend Buhari.

But we must try.

HungerBAD:
Ok.

It no easy to defend Buhari.

But we must try.

HungerBAD:
Ok.

It no easy to defend Buhari.

But we must try.

OrlandoOwoh:

Could you define a technocrat and how (s)he is different from a politician?

HungerBAD:
Ok.

It no easy to defend Buhari.

But we must try.

Drabeey:
Oh ye' my country.... Smile cometh soon, really fast.

Good words of hope uncle Femo. Truly, We are suffering. salaries remain stagnant and yet, our daily need prices keep soaring. Uncle, we are suffering. We know uncle, yes we do. This country's train lost its fast moving engines when we voted a 'father-christmas' rather than a president. He made his cohorts milk Nigeria dry and alas! We suffer the consequence.
Uncle Femi, i can't agree more that the present 'sheriff' is doing all he can to make sure Nigeria have her legs back on track again. All we ask of him is to fast track his good wills and give us many reasons to smile again.
Uncle, do not mind my friends that have spoken up there.... We are all praying they will learn one day. Afterall, Jesus forgave those that crucified him too.

God bless me
God bless my home and family.
God bless good Nairalanders
God bless PMB
God bless Nigeria


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Drabeey was Here

onespecial:






Now in ur reasoning, both are same thing even when i can point out their little differences without defining them. At least, they are not pronounced same way, not same spelling, not same number of syllables.



Let me spare you defining them for you in order not to make you a zombified fool.




So all praise singers Buhari gathered to settle with positions are technocrats, really ? Kindly tell us what they have done or intend to do that shows little sign that they are up to or equal to your own expectations. Receive your deliverance, amen.