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‘Tell Buhari That Nigerians Are Hungry’ – Gani Adams Tells Femi Adesina
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Adams on Thursday took on the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on the claim that life had improved under Buhari’ s watch .
This was as Prof Akin Onigbinde described the statistics on Buhari’s achievements as “the reality that we cannot see”. The three men were among speakers at the 2 nd annual lecture of Freedom Online , which held in Ikeja , Lagos on Thursday .
At the event, which had the Ekiti State Governor , Dr Kayode Fayemi , as guest speaker, both Adesina and Adams were guests of honour while Onigbinde was the keynote speaker. Adesina had reeled out statistics on the achievements of the Buhari’s administration since 2015 , saying only those who chose to be wilfully blind would not acknowledge government ’s achievements .
Adesina said under Buhari’ s watch in 2017, Nigeria ’s agricultural export grew by 180.7 per cent ; while raw materials export in the same year rose by 150. 2 per cent .
“Before we export, it means that, to a large extent , we have satisfied domestic demand” he said. Adding that rice importation had reduced by 90 per cent , saving the country billions of dollars on a daily basis .
“How about the stock market in 2017 ? The Nigerian stock market ended as one of the best performing in the world. Five million new taxpayers were added since 2016 ,” Adesina said , adding that between 2016 and 2017 government spent N 2 .7 tn on infrastructure , “ unprecedented in Nigeria ’s history. ”
Adesina said it was only those playing politics that would claim not to have seen or felt the impact of government ’s achievements. “If you choose to be wilfully blind , even if they put something in your face you won ’ t be able to see it ,” the presidential spokesman said.
But in his remarks, Adams said though Adesina ’s analysis was beautiful, it meant little to the man on the street .
He said, “you made a very good analysis , but by the time we check it , I know you are a very honest person and you are telling us the truth , but with this analysis , I think the grass -roots people should feel the government ; they should feel the impact of government by all means .
“I am a regular traveller; I’ ve travelled to about 46 countries and I know what is happening in the developed world and when you see most of their economic analysts , they won ’t tell you what they are doing theoretically but you will see what is happening . ”
He, therefore, called on Adesina to go back to Abuja and tell the President that the people were hungry .
He said, “ When my brother , Mr Femi Adesina was making the analysis , it got to a point, I was so shocked because I know the background of my brother , Femi Adesina , as a brilliant journalist . When he was at The Sun Newspaper , you ’d love to read his articles and for trying to package their government , I was not surprised . ”
Turning to Adesina , the Aare Ona Kakanfo said, “ But I want you to pass this message to the President because I remember when President Goodluck Jonathan was in power , he said when they are in that Villa , it ’s just like being in a prison or a cage ; they don ’t know what is happening at the grass roots . But coming to this event, we need to pass this information that you can tell Mr President that Nigerians are suffering. Ebi n pa awon ara ilu ( the people are hungry)”.
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast today, Sunday, August 4, 2024. Mr Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement, on Saturday, saying the broadcast would hold at 7am.
2. The Commissioner of Police in Borno State, Yusuf Lawal, on Saturday confirmed the killing of four persons along Baga Road in Maiduguri, Borno State during the nationwide #EndBadGoverment protest. He said Boko Haram elements infiltrated the protesters and killed four persons on Thursday with explosives at a filling station.
3. Many persons have been feared killed while others sustained injuries as hoodlums clashed with security operatives in Kano. It was gathered that Rijiyar Lemo, Kurna to Bachirawa areas in Fagge Local Government, Kofar Nassarawa in Kano municipal and Unguwa Uku area of Tarauni Local Government are the worst hit areas.
4. The leadership of the organised labour, on Saturday, warned the Nigeria Police Force and other security forces to stop what it described as a “massacre” of protesters carrying out nationwide demonstrations against hunger in the land.
5. Leading Human Rights group, Amnesty International Nigeria, has said over 50 protesters were arrested in Abuja on the third day of the demonstration against hardship in the land.
6. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has urged the police and other security agencies to stop shooting and killing protesters demanding good governance in Nigeria. Atiku in a statement on Saturday, questioned the professionalism of the security agencies in the handling of the ongoing demonstrations.
7. Some of the organisers and supporters of the ongoing protest have set up pages to raise over N4bn through GoFundMe, a popular online crowdfunding platform. A check on Saturday showed that a total of N4.1bn had been benchmarked to be donated through accounts created by three GoFundMe users.
8. Tragedy struck again in Imo State on Saturday evening when some gunmen reportedly shot dead the President-General of Umucheke Okwe autonomous community in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, Hyginus Ohazurike. Six village heads from the autonomous community were also allegedly killed by the gunmen.
9. The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh has said his men were not responsible for the death of a teenager in the Kubwa area of the FCT. In a viral video, a man claimed that police, while dispersing protesters, shot dead a teenager in the Kubwa area.
10. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu has said President Bola Tinubu is keeping an eye on the ongoing #EndBadGovernance demonstrations across the country.
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