The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said claims that President Muhammadu Buhari divided Nigeria along sectional lines were untrue.
Instead, he said, critics of the president were responsible for polarising Nigerians along ethnic and religious lines.
Adesina’s assertion comes barely a day after a known critic of the president and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah released an Easter message condemning Buhari’s ruling style.
Kukah said, “It is hard to know whether the problem is that those in power do not hear, see, feel, know, or just don’t care. Either way, from this crossroad, we must make a choice, to go forward, turn left or right or return home. None of these choices is easy, yet, guided by the light of the risen Christ, we can reclaim our country from its impending slide to anarchy.
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“The challenge of fixing this broken nation is enormous and, as I have said, requires joint efforts. With everything literally broken down, our country has become one big emergency national hospital with full occupancy. Our individual hearts are broken. Our family dreams are broken. Homes are broken. Churches, Mosques, and infrastructure are broken. Our educational system is broken. Our children’s lives and future are broken. Our politics is broken. Our economy is broken. Our energy system is broken. Our security system is broken. Our Roads and Rails are broken. Only corruption is alive and well,
“The greatest challenge for Nigeria is not even the 2023 elections. It is the prospect for the reconciliation of our people. Here, the Buhari administration sadly has divided our people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and region, in a way that we have never witnessed in our history. This carefully choreographed agenda has made Nigerians vulnerable and ignited the most divisive form of identity consciousness among our people. Years of friendships, cultural exchange, and collaboration built over time have now come under serious pressure from stereotyping.”
In an apparent reaction on Monday morning, Adesina said he was surprised that those who divided Nigeria with their mouths were the same persons turning around to blame others.
Adesina, who was tweeting for the first time since June 2021, wrote, “Those who divided Nigeria with their mouths, with evil, unguarded speaking, are the ones now accusing President Buhari. How sad! Their wicked intentions shall not come to pass.”
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Those who divided Nigeria with their mouths, with evil, unguarded speaking, are the ones now accusing President Buhari. How sad! Their wicked intentions shall not come to pass.
— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) April 18, 2022