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Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by presidency: 4:31pm On Nov 12, 2021 |
As you read this piece, President Muhammadu Buhari and his team are in the French capital, attending the Paris Peace Forum, a gathering of about 30 Presidents and head of governments from around the world. The Nigerian leader is among the few that were asked to deliver a speech. On Wednesday afternoon, we had been at the Palais Elysee, the seat of the French government, where President Buhari paid an official visit to President Emmanuel Macron, who himself had been in Abuja in 2018. Impressive is a mild word to use for the spectacle. Earlier that Wednesday, President Buhari had been at the Shangri-La Hotel, to give a keynote address at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum, put together for Nigerian and French investing community. It was a roll call of the brightest and best in the Nigerian business firmament, including Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chairman BUA Group and head, France-Nigeria Business Council, Mr Tony Elumelu, Chairman Heirs Holdings and UBA, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy Resources, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, ThisDay Group and Arise News Channels, among many others. Now, the narrative that some people have labored to paint over the years, either out of hatred, or cheap political reasons, is that nothing was happening in the country, other than wanton killings and massive insecurity. They trumpet and magnify insecurity to the exclusion of any other thing. Yes, Nigeria battles grave security challenges like many other countries, particularly in the Sahel region, but then, many other good things are happening, while evildoers are also being given a pounding by agencies of state. Mr President spoke to the galaxy of Nigerian and French business people and investors, to a massive applause. And what did he say? The government in Nigeria was on the right path to achieving multi-sectoral progress. It has re-assessed and updated the national security strategy, which has contributed to success in fighting insurgents and terrorists, and also countering violent extremism. Still firing from the hips, Mr President told his audience that there was a link between modern infrastructure and the overall economic development of a nation, “hence the massive infrastructural expansion programme we have been executing in various sectors.” He gave examples such as railways, seaports, roads, renewable energy, housing, and many others. Petroleum is the cash cow of the Nigerian economy, which is now being heavily diversified. But for more than two decades, the enabling law for the industry crawled through the legislature. Till the Buhari administration gave it a fillip, and out came the Petroleum Industry Act, the liberalizing force of the oil industry, with incentives as tax holidays, zero interest loans, development plan for host communities, and easy repatriation of profits, among others. On agriculture, President Buhari spoke about the Anchor Borrowers Programme, which gives loans and technical support to small holder farmers, leading to expansion of rice mills from 10 in 2014, to 40 today. The result is that we no longer import rice enormously, and now save billions of dollars, which can be utilized for other things. Fertilizer blending plants were about only five in 2014, today we have 46, with the result that the commodity is widely available and accessible to farmers, at modest costs. Many other facts and figures did the President adduce to justify the fact that good things were happening in Nigeria, and investments were not only safe, but also generating handsome returns. And that makes one to challenge those engaged in the paroxysm of ‘nothing is happening in the country’ to countermand or controvert any of the stated developments. Has security not been jigged up in a way that bandits, terrorists, insurgents have been put on the back foot? Are evildoers not being daily sent to God to answer for their crimes? Is the country not being cleaned up, and it is just a matter of time before the sanitation is completed? Don’t they see the infrastructure? Roads, bridges, airports, pipelines, awesome projects like the Second Niger Bridge, Bodo-Bonny road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway, Loko-Oweto Bridge, AKK gas pipelines, Lagos-Ibadan rail project that is up and running, other rail projects under construction round the country, brand new airports in Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, new runway and terminal building in Enugu, and many others. Which will the wailers, caterwauling all their lives point to, and deny its existence? Yet they keep repeating like broken gramophone records that nothing was happening in the country. The truth is that no single government will solve all the challenges of a country in its life span. It will do its level best, and yield space for others to continue. Muhammadu Buhari has touched Nigeria in diverse ways. Our armed forces have been equipped, trained and motivated like never before. The economy has successfully been diversified, after more than five decades of lip service. Corruption is being robustly fought, stealing is something to be abhorred. And Nigeria is being rebuilt. Projects, projects everywhere, with a good number of them slated for commissioning next year. The apostles of ‘nothing is happening, except insecurity’ should look for other music to sing, and for other dance steps. Honest Nigerians can see and feel the good things happening. It was unfolded to Nigerian and international investors in Paris on Wednesday. Those who have consigned themselves perpetually to the complaint counters should wake up. The market is over. It is time to go home, and do something better. *Adesina is Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity 22 Likes 11 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by jlinkd78(m): 4:42pm On Nov 12, 2021 |
Taa mechie onu 223 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Naijanascam: 4:56pm On Nov 12, 2021 |
This news worth singing and dancing ![]() ![]() 33 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Mynd44: 2:17pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Femi just said Talo so pe ko po ke? OPG: O po gan OPP: o po pa 59 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by condralbedez: 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Nonsense...This administration still remain the worst of it all,do you knw that a cup of beans now is 150 naira ![]() ![]() 428 Likes 25 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by kenzysmith: 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Foods stuff are on the high side and u listing this rubbish here? We the masses are the one to tell you are trying so Oga get small sense na we still dey beg your mumu done do 307 Likes 22 Shares
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Ikem11(m): 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Seriously don't know what to say but I strongly support the person above me 24 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Airoflaw(m): 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Something is happening oo 6 Likes |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by UselessBuharist: 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by JackWolfskin: 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Adesina and Buhari. One or both of them is demented. 4 to 46 fertiliser blending plants ![]() For which country? 118 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Zanotty(m): 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Walai people wey dy defend buhari no wize 94 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Sonnobax15(m): 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
![]() Oga Femi, people are weeping ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Common constant electricity nai this big for nothing country still dey battle to get since dem born me come this life ![]() Kolo people ![]() 76 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by franchasng: 2:19pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Fools in power ![]() 98 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Nobody: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Femi Adesina vomiting trash as usual 117 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by kolnel: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
very funny obviously, the only set of people supporting this evil government are the boot lickers. people who are benefitting from it. Buhari has taken Nigerian back, things have never been bad. everything is expensive. kidnappers are on rampage. I don't even wish a Buhari on my enemies. Buhari is a total disaster, he's a calamity. 43 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by kenzysmith: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
[s][/s][quote author[s]=presidency post=107556426]As you read this piece, President Muhammadu Buhari and his team are in the French capital, attending the Paris Peace Forum, a gathering of about 30 Presidents and head of governments from around the world. The Nigerian leader is among the few that were asked to deliver a speech. On Wednesday afternoon, we had been at the Palais Elysee, the seat of the French government, where President Buhari paid an official visit to President Emmanuel Macron, who himself had been in Abuja in 2018. Impressive is a mild word to use for the spectacle. Earlier that Wednesday, President Buhari had been at the Shangri-La Hotel, to give a keynote address at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum, put together for Nigerian and French investing community. It was a roll call of the brightest and best in the Nigerian business firmament, including Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chairman BUA Group and head, France-Nigeria Business Council, Mr Tony Elumelu, Chairman Heirs Holdings and UBA, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy Resources, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, ThisDay Group and Arise News Channels, among many others. Now, the narrative that some people have labored to paint over the years, either out of hatred, or cheap political reasons, is that nothing was happening in the country, other than wanton killings and massive insecurity. They trumpet and magnify insecurity to the exclusion of any other thing. Yes, Nigeria battles grave security challenges like many other countries, particularly in the Sahel region, but then, many other good things are happening, while evildoers are also being given a pounding by agencies of state. Mr President spoke to the galaxy of Nigerian and French business people and investors, to a massive applause. And what did he say? The government in Nigeria was on the right path to achieving multi-sectoral progress. It has re-assessed and updated the national security strategy, which has contributed to success in fighting insurgents and terrorists, and also countering violent extremism. Still firing from the hips, Mr President told his audience that there was a link between modern infrastructure and the overall economic development of a nation, “hence the massive infrastructural expansion programme we have been executing in various sectors.” He gave examples such as railways, seaports, roads, renewable energy, housing, and many others. Petroleum is the cash cow of the Nigerian economy, which is now being heavily diversified. But for more than two decades, the enabling law for the industry crawled through the legislature. Till the Buhari administration gave it a fillip, and out came the Petroleum Industry Act, the liberalizing force of the oil industry, with incentives as tax holidays, zero interest loans, development plan for host communities, and easy repatriation of profits, among others. On agriculture, President Buhari spoke about the Anchor Borrowers Programme, which gives loans and technical support to small holder farmers, leading to expansion of rice mills from 10 in 2014, to 40 today. The result is that we no longer import rice enormously, and now save billions of dollars, which can be utilized for other things. Fertilizer blending plants were about only five in 2014, today we have 46, with the result that the commodity is widely available and accessible to farmers, at modest costs. Many other facts and figures did the President adduce to justify the fact that good things were happening in Nigeria, and investments were not only safe, but also generating handsome returns. And that makes one to challenge those engaged in the paroxysm of ‘nothing is happening in the country’ to countermand or controvert any of the stated developments. Has security not been jigged up in a way that bandits, terrorists, insurgents have been put on the back foot? Are evildoers not being daily sent to God to answer for their crimes? Is the country not being cleaned up, and it is just a matter of time before the sanitation is completed? Don’t they see the infrastructure? Roads, bridges, airports, pipelines, awesome projects like the Second Niger Bridge, Bodo-Bonny road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway, Loko-Oweto Bridge, AKK gas pipelines, Lagos-Ibadan rail project that is up and running, other rail projects under construction round the country, brand new airports in Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, new runway and terminal building in Enugu, and many others. Which will the wailers, caterwauling all their lives point to, and deny its existence? Yet they keep repeating like broken gramophone records that nothing was happening in the country. The truth is that no single government will solve all the challenges of a country in its life span. It will do its level best, and yield space for others to continue. Muhammadu Buhari has touched Nigeria in diverse ways. Our armed forces have been equipped, trained and motivated like never before. The economy has successfully been diversified, after more than five decades of lip service. Corruption is being robustly fought, stealing is something to be abhorred. And Nigeria is being rebuilt. Projects, projects everywhere, with a good number of them slated for commissioning next year. The apostles of ‘nothing is happening, except insecurity’ should look for other music to sing, and for other dance steps. Honest Nigerians can see and feel the good things happening. It was unfolded to Nigerian and international investors in Paris on Wednesday. Those who have consigned themselves perpetually to the complaint counters should wake up. The market is over. It is time to go home, and do something better. *Adesina is Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity[/s][/quote]mumu are you done? Rubbish 59 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by youngreezy(m): 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Aburada: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by EKONGKING: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Chinese President stayed in his country, same like Putin.President Biden resumed his duties immediately. Prime minister modi of India came back to his country 10 days back ,as have other world leaders. One dullard is still roaming around the world. 130 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by crossfm: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Hehehe. Clownish boot licker. 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by AntonVince: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
We've never had a presidency this petty and spiteful. So intolerant and vile-filled towards dissenting voices. 25 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by FlipModeSquade(m): 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Believe these and you will believe anything.. ![]() 22 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Ofiadiegwu: 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Wow ![]() |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by tolexy007(m): 2:20pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
boda femi werey. Common Man cannot even eat 2 Square meal in a day. the price of commodity is going up everyday, but the fool keep saying rubbish. 12.5kg of gas in now 9500 naira. 32 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by obembet(f): 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Only fool take APC, Buhari, and thier supporters serious. Abeg when Manchester United go play Chelsea, I can't wait to see Chelsea cry like a baby 32 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Godada(m): 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
![]() Shooting from the hip***** I better take cover. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Baawaa(m): 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
The OP is useless as this government 30 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by UselessBuharist: 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Let’s wait till Buhari handover in 2023 your atrocities will shock Nigerians. Many people will go to jail 29 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Felabrity: 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Any story from Garba shehu and Femi are pure shiit, which I will never read for my mental health sake 16 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by jericco1(m): 2:21pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Epic failure 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by Tonygeesm(m): 2:22pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
The ruling class does not know what the Comon man is going through in this country, all these suffering hardship and killings, to them everything is going fine if you shout too much they see as political, religion, or rigional opposition. Divide this country or we all perish 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Femi Adesina: They Said Nothing Was Happening, How About These? by BabaIbo: 2:22pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Trash upon trash. Who get time dey read this kind plenty rubbish? 23 Likes 3 Shares |
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