Posterity will be kind to Buhari, Nigerians will miss him when he leaves office on May 29 – Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has stated that Nigerians will appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari after he leaves office on May 29, 2023. In his weekly article titled ‘NG-CARES: HOW BUHARI QUIETLY ATTENDS TO NEEDS OF NIGERIANS’, Adesina outlined some of the achievements of the President and noted that his principal would be remembered for his many accomplishments by fair Nigerians beyond those who seek to rewrite history and remember his regime for all the wrong reasons.

Adesina further stated that the judgement of history is usually the most enduring and that posterity will be impartial and kind to Buhari. He also highlighted some of Buhari’s interventions and noted that they give a window into the kind soul of the President.

Adesina dismissed some of the misconceptions about Buhari and stated that he has worked closely with him for eight years and can say he knows the man apart from the myth and the deliberate misconceptions.

He wrote; ”The judgement of history is usually the most enduring, and as President Muhammadu Buhari weighs anchor in less than three weeks, posterity will be impartial, and, therefore, kind to him.

“One signpost of the administration is its care and kindness to Nigerians. Quietly. Without fuss. No adulation or self-aggrandisement.”

“These welfarist interventions give a window into the kind soul of the President, a man some people have not bothered to discern, dissect and decipher.

“They just deliberately stay in the trenches of the past, soused and marooned in apocryphal beliefs: oh, he ruled with an iron fist as military leader. He herded people into jail. He imprisoned journalists through Decree 4. He also had Decree 2, which gave him power to detain anyone indefinitely.

“No human face. He’s a Fulani, and therefore, a herdsman, who supports his people to attack farmers. Religious bigot, who does not recognize any other faith. True? False. And I should know. Why? Because I’ve worked with him closely for eight years, and I can say I know the man Muhammadu Buhari, apart from the myth and the deliberate misconceptions.”