Insecurity: Buhari does not get the encouragement he deserves – Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has expressed that President Muhammadu Buhari does not get the necessary encouragement he deserves in his effort to secure the country and revive the economy.

Adesina said this in reaction to the Global Terrorism Index 2022 report released last week by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) where Nigeria recorded the second-biggest reduction in deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa

He accused the Nigerian media of paying less attention to the achievements of Buhari, particularly those bordering on his wins against insecurity.

According to him, if the report had gone the other way, all hell would have broken loose. “It would be lead headline in most publications”, he said

“It is something that should hug the headlines, dominate the talk shows, go viral on social media, and be of interest to social commentators. But not a murmur, nor a whisper, as I said earlier.

“As if in a conspiracy of silence, nobody talked about the report. The media didn’t report it, and those that did, superciliously tucked it away in a place where you would need to put on the torchlight before you would see it,” he said.

“Now, just imagine that the same report had indicated that there was a spike in Boko Haram killings in Nigeria, with the carnage exceeding that of the previous year by 100 per cent. All hell would have broken loose. It would be lead headline in most publications.

“Some television stations would scroll the story in their news bar round the clock, for many days. It would be the topic of discussion on morning and evening discussion programs. We would be almost deafened by the cacophony. So-called security experts and social activists would be invited, and they would be pontificating all day.”