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"You ask for speech, you got the speech, and now, you are speechless,” Shehu Sani, a former Senator representing Kaduna Central tweeted on Thursday evening after President Muhammadu Buhari eventually addressed Nigerians on #EndSARS protests.

Commenting on the controversial speech, Fisayo Soyombo, an investigative reporter said; "My lesson from the broadcast: Stop begging people who don't want to talk to you to talk to you. It will end in tears. They may talk at some point but they will end up saying nothing."

The above among others were the conclusion of many Nigerians after the number one citizen eventually spoke. For him and his cabinet members, he has addressed Nigerians but for most Nigerians, the president's speech 'was not good enough' and lacked empathy.

According to many, Mr Buhari's speech was as good as nothing, recalling a book written by the late Chinua Achebe that indeed, "there was a country". Analysts told POLITICS NIGERIA that the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to address the brutal Lekki toll gate killings was a 'big slap' on the nation.

The President failed to condemn the attack on citizens neither did he speak on investigating the crisis. While it was evident that protesters and police officers were killed in the violence, the president only pitied the families of security operatives. Unfortunately, Mr Buhari did not even take responsibility despite pressure from notable Nigerians like Afe Babalola, former president Olusegun Obasanjo, former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, Wole Soyinka, monarchs, religious leaders, and the Senate.

POLITICS NIGERIA, however, looked at two previous instances that Nigerians have pressured the president to speak on burning issues in 2020.

COVID-19 Pandemic

Many countries across the world tried as much as possible to rescue as many citizens as they could at the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic but President Buhari kept mum. While many Nigerians called on the president to address the nation on uncertainties, to rebuild the hope of Nigerians, he never said a word.

Then, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed gave an excuse. He told Nigerians that the COVID-19 pandemic was not mature enough for the president to address then. For Femi Adesina, it was a matter of "style", so he said on a Channels Television interview in response to the complaints from Nigerians.

“If you go back to school, you will remember in stylistic class we were told that is idiosyncratic, which means it differs from person to person".

“The style that A adopts may not be the one that B adopts. There is no style we can call the style for everybody. Everybody is at liberty to adopt a style that suits him", the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity said.

Furious Nigerians attacked Mr Adesina online but that could not change anything. The president would not speak until a month after.

Abule-Ado blast

After Nigerians survived President Muhammadu Buhari's long silence on COVID-19, the president was nowhere to be seen again during the Abule-Ado blast incident that killed over 20 people, destroying property worth millions of Naira.

Upon his visit to the place on the same day, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the atmosphere looked like a “war zone” and “a situation never seen before.”

An investigation by BBC later showed that the incident was caused by a leaky fuel facility of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). While a delegation of governors visited the scene, President Muhammadu Buhari never left the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

In fact, rather than the president addressing the nation, it was Mr Sanwo-Olu that traveled to Abuja to show the president photos of the damages. Still, President Buhari did not say a word. Rather, Femi Adesina took the responsibility of condoling the victims in a statement much more later.

The need to do better

Taiwo Ibojo, a conflict analyst, told POLITICS NIGERIA that President Buhari needs to step up his approach to national issues.

"We cannot have a president that handles national issues with levity and you will expect citizens to be happy. He needs to be up and doing. He is not the best for Nigeria at this point. I think he needs those that can really put him on his toes".

"Nigerians voted for him in 2015 because they felt he was the alternative candidate at that point. But today, people are unhappy with the development happenings and 2023 is still far. The best is to charge him to do better", he said.

https://politicsnigeria.com/round-up-nigerians-forced-buhari-to-speak-on-burning-issues-three-times-in-2020/

It is well. May God help us

By 2023 I go know if Nigerian youths don truly wise.

During his first tenure , I hear ween , sheybi you guys voted for him the second time , simply because of the igbo deputy the other candidate has got ... We are all in these together ... I wonder what the remaining three years wld be like . One musician is already traumatized .

All will be well one day

What did he say, if not the threats he made to the citizens.

Are we in slavery.

I felt ashamed having such a clown as president

Mr Clueless

If to say the man get hear e for better.


But he's deaf or maybe dead as speculated by Kanu

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Someone who is not aware of anything that is happening in the country he is ruling, how do you expect him to talk about what he isn't aware of?
You think the person that called him lifeless didn't know why he called him that.

I wish this protest had come few months before election because I'm very sure our youth will forget everything before 2023 and still vote in the old lifeless fools

And the three times what action was taken. It's better he remains silent from today.

Old man that needs to be persuaded like to a kid to issue a press conference. And after our efforts, we will still come and read us "Day-by-Day".

Lol... Can a dead President talk? Bikonu

Jubril or buhari

hmm

He should not speak again cos he has never said anything reasonable. That idiotic Human that always calls this man our darling president, thunder locate him

Forced to do everything. But when it comes to nepotism he'd need nobody to force him to....

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I noticed that we always expect too much from buhari even though we know that he has got very little to offer.


And when he gives his little we pretend to be surprised that he gave very little..


What's the point?

Stop lying to yourselves... Buhari has very little to give



You just have to manage him like that because you voted for him, chanted his name, helped him rig election for him to be there, so the best you can do is enjoy what he offers.


You cannot plant lime and expect mangoes

Buhari is dead and gone

Take it or leave it @ ur own peril

It is quite

Anyone who can read, can be the president of Nigeria.
You dont need much wisdom.

AND THIS THREE TIMES HE STILL DID NOT MAKE SENCE,IF HE HAD MAKE LIVES EASY FOR THE MASSES THE COUNTRY WILL NOT BE GOING THROUGH CRISES...


THE MOST USELESS PRESIDENT NIGERIA HAS EVER HAD,

Youth


Youth



Please STOP THIS MADNESS,this is one of the many reasons why our leaders don't take our protest serious,


The masses will be the one to suffer,if you like burn down the whole country,

The rich ones will travel to another country, including me that is typing this.

I REALLY FEEL FOR THE POOR,THE SITUATION OF THE COUNTRY IS TERRIBLE.

STOP VOILENCE !!! VOILENCE IS NOT THE BEST WAY THAT OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD!!!

What we saw yesterday is a prerecorded tape of what the presidency call Buhari

Zombie in chief.... Push and start... Tụfịakwa

After forcing him...he ends up saying yanya puuu in chinwelu agu's voice....and he never visited lagos at those times ...

let him talk for us please.

https://www.nairaland.com/6199216/there-no-nigerian-working-nigerian#95229739

Please, @seun or Nigerians I do not know who the moderators here are but please help me to get this issue to frontpage. Nigerians are suffering. It is too much.

whoever has a voice, please help us!!

This last one is the highest, even if Buhari is a daft, does it mean that he don't know the right thing to do? How can a President keep quiet when there's a turmoil and chaos in the country he's governing? What manner of president loves spilling of blood of people he swore to protect if not a sadistic president??



It is only a sadist that behaves as such, Buhari is a sadist. He doesn't have joy within him.