“Buhari left Nigeria far better than he met it” – Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, immediate past Special Adviser Media to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his ex-boss left Nigeria far better than he met it.

Adesina, a former president of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, made the comment in an interview with ThisDaynewspaper.

Asked if hethinks his principal left Nigeria better than he met it, Adesina said: 

“Far better than he met it. When you want to assess a man, you rate him based on the things he has promised to do. 

“Here was a man who came in 2015, and he said he would secure the country, revive the economy, and fight corruption. 

“The three pillars are Security, Economy, and Anti-corruption (SEA). Not all of us have selective amnesia. 

“When he came in 2015, recall that bombs went off in three to five places in a day in the country. Bombing and carnage everywhere. He began to attack that insecurity gradually. 

“By the time he left, in all sincerity would you say Nigeria was the same way in terms of insecurity? During religious public holidays, we knew the carnage that used to happen everywhere.”