The Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has replied Nigerians who say the Buhari-led administration has failed due to the alarming rate of insecurity in the country, In an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday evening July 27, Adesina said no government solves all the problems in the country. According to him, it has never happened and it will never happen. He said; ”Yes the party (APC) promised that it will secure the country and …
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Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said that Nigerians should be thankful to God for not crossing the borders to look for food under the President Buhari-led government. Adesina stated this in an article he published on Friday, April 29, titled ‘Akinwunmi Adesina strikes again’. Reacting to the recent visit of Adesina to the President, Adesina wrote; “For those who look at only the downsides of things, under President Buhari, we can be thankful to God that we can feed ourselves, and not crossing …
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has slammed Ango Abdullahi and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) following a statement in which they criticized President Buhari for allegedly failing to tackle insecurity in Northern Nigeria. The group had said in its statement that the issue of insecurity in the north is getting worse by the day. They stated that the constant attacks by bandits and Boko Haram insurgents are indications that the Buhari administration “has failed woefully” in …
The Boards of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has finally bowed to US pressure and has ordered an independent probe of President of the bank Akinwumi Adesina. The board of governors reached the decision on Thursday June 4, in spite of sitting and former African leaders’ campaign for the bank to ignore the call for an independent investigation of allegations against Adesina as he has already been cleared by the bank’s ethics committee. In a communique signed by the Chairperson of …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday June 2, met with embattled President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina at the presidential villa in Abuja. The meeting is coming in the wake of the crisis rocking the AfDB following allegation of corruption against Adesina. LIB reported earlier that the crisis is centered on US’ rejection of exoneration of Adesina by the ethics committee of AfDB. However some African leaders who reacted to US Government’s stance on the issue, accused the …
A coalition of 15 former African presidents and a prime minister have publicly expressed their support for the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, following calls for an independent investigation against him by the United States government. Recall that the US Government through its Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said it had reservations about the process that led the ethics committee on 5 May to reject the whistleblowers’ accusations against the bank President. He further called for an independent investigation of Adesina who …