Nigeria: Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Adesina - What Are You Doing to Nigeria's Future?

19 February 2020
opinion

Nigeria needs justice and equity. Nigeria needs morality at this time. These men have raised the hopes of Nigerians and dashed it, creating forlornness in the heart and soul of Nigerian youths and even younger Nigerians who now pick up information about their country and her leadership and ingrain such in their minds at very early ages, stripping them of innocence, describing governance for the youths as a pure game of deception and maximisation of personal advantage...

I was rereading Mr. Femi Adesina's vehement pronouncement at Mrs. Farida Waziri's book launch and the part that got me was his claim that Buhari declared his assets openly in 2015 but chose not to declare these openly in 2019, and that it was his (Buhari's) prerogative, since the Constitution does not say he should declare his assets openly. He also said that the moment he resumed as spokesman in Aso Villa, he had approached Buhari and asked about this 'open asset declaration' matter but the president simply asked him to show evidence where he promised such. Broda Femi said no matter where they searched that day, they couldn't find anywhere Buhari had made such a declaration. Hmmm. As widely reported in the media, this is what Adesina said:

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