SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PAST. BUT YOU NEED THE PAST TO UNLOCK THE FUTURE-FEMI ADESINA

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, was on Radio Continental on Friday, July 22,2016, and responded to salient issues affecting the nation. Excerpts:

ALLEGED LOPSIDED APPOINTMENTS

What I would like to say is that this government takes feedback very serious. The feedback that has come on appointments in the last few weeks has been well noted. They are being processed and would inform what is going to happen going forward and be assured that the processing would come with something good for every part of the country. That is not to say that those appointments do not have their merits. All of them can be defended, but the feedbacks are well noted.

Under the presidential system, there is what is called presidential prerogative, and there are some appointments the president can make and he does not necessarily have to consult . Not all appointments are subject to federal character, as there are some that can be done by presidential prerogative.

HARD TIMES IN THE LAND

We know that things are very difficult in the country. But that is not peculiar to Nigeria, as a number of countries like Venezuala are going through tough times. Nigeria is not immune from that because it is part of the global system. In the recent past, on a radio interview, I had been asked: 'Does government know that people are suffering and that people are complaining?' I answered that government is aware of what the citizens are passing through, and the radio station went further to ask if I know that a man exchanged his son for a bag of rice? And I responded that I wasn't aware, but that the support base of this administration is still very strong, and people who are ready to pass through this difficult times patiently are more than those who criticize the governments . But a mischievous person went on social media and twisted my comment, claiming I said only a few Nigerians are hungry. That particular station re-ran the interview for clarification, but of course the wailers would prefer to hear their own mindset and not the clarification. I didn't lose sleep over it because that wasn't what I said. I also live in this society, people have that erroneous feeling and belief that when you serve in a government, you are in a cocoon and far removed from reality, which is not true. Our wives and children go to the market, we also feel the harsh situation. Yes, Nigerians are passing through tough times, but tough times don't last , only tough people do. I said, and I repeat again, that the tough times we are going through are the consequences of the past. But some people say they don't want to hear about the past. How can you not want to hear about the past? How do you determine the future if you don't want to hear about the past ?

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