The Presidency however asserts that the devastation of the economy was caused by the Boko Haram insurgency, corruption and the lack of planning by the past administrations and one that should not be blamed on the Change Agenda of the Muhammadu Buhari administration
Browsing: Garba Shehu
A statement issued in Abuja by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, said the article was full of factual inaccuracies and a clear ignorance of Nigeria and the country’s ongoing war against terrorism
According to Shehu, the greatest insensitivity to the welfare of the people is epic corruption for which he said “the PDP had a notorious and unrivalled record in our recent democratic history of bad governance”
The vision for the Nuclear Security Summit, which President Muhammadu Buhari attended along with 56 other leaders, came out of President Barack Obama’s belief that if terrorists can mount the type of attack they did on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001, they could use nuclear weapons on civil populations if they had them
Once an Editor and Managing Director, Adesina had waded through the thick and thin in the pen profession. Providence enriched his sojourn in journalism with the headship of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. As a suave writer, Adesina reflected his love for Nigeria and had severally communicated his predilections for ensuring that governance in Nigeria runs in the interest of the down-trodden. In writing, he stood against mis-governance, crass opportunism and corruption on the part of government officials
The girl’s health condition had delayed her movement to the far north regional capital of Cameroon, Maroua, as earlier planned
They were alleged to have got the discounted foreign exchange on the orders of Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele
In the statement, the Presidency also demanded that the persons behind the controversial #Istandwithbuhari group should stop using Buhari’s name and that of his wife, Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, to promote themselves and their activities
This given opportunity, as many have noted, was the first time a Nigerian President – and the second African – had addressed the EU parliament
The Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has said it will continue to welcome well-meaning criticism of its policies, its budget and expenditure because it is the only way the change promised the country will have a meaning
The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Wednesday.
Shehu was reacting to a recent report by the Centre for Democracy and Development, which claimed that Buhari had only achieved one out of his 222 tracked electoral promises, representing 0.5 per cent of the promises
You can’t see any saner country in the world where 80 of her citizen were killed and expect not to see their president live on the spot and on national TV, talking to the people with humanity and empathy
He said: “President Buhari has embarked on an anti-corruption campaign that is bound to offend many. Big toes will be stepped on; personal interests will be cast aside
This was the submission of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, who spoke separately at the opening of a three-day retreat for State House Press Corps
The new Nigerian president, who promised to tackle the problem of climate change in his inaugural speech, has spun a compelling narrative on the disappearing Lake Chad, the environment around the Chad basin and how these have become the problem of the economy of the neighboring states through the failure of agriculture and joblessness which in turn have provided an easy recruitment into violent extremism
I will make it clear from the beginning that the critic is entitled to his and her opinion and nothing said here is intended to silence him or her
In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), expressed frustration at what he described as a fictional report that has caused the government a lot of negative reviews, especially in the online media
Buhari gave the warning at a meeting he held with the management of both the police and INEC in Abuja last week
During the past few months since he took on the mantle of CHANGE, President Muhammadu Buhari has been restructuring the foundations of the Nigerian government, which have disintegrated and putrefied over decades of mismanagement
The Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, who spoke on behalf of Fayose in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said it was sad that the Presidency could be warning a Nigerian, who is heading one of the country’s federating units on what to say and what not to say