No Hand In Ekweremadu’s Invitation — Presidency

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity (Image source: ChannelsTV)

The Presidency on Tuesday denied having hand in the invitation of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, by the police over the forgery of the senate rule. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, also denied reports in some sections of the media on the sharing of the balance in the Excess Crude Account. Adesina, who spoke on Kakaaki, a breakfast programme on Africa Independent Television (AIT), maintained that Buhari will not subvert the rules of the National Assembly.

He said: “You do not know this President. This president will not orchestrate anything. Anything that will be unconstitutional, anything that will amount to underhand deal, this President will not orchestrate it.

The Nation report continues:

“Straightforward, plain and decent. Maybe that was what he expected everybody to do. He didn’t think anybody was going to subvert the process. That is why the National Assembly is where it is. But no orchestration.

“This is not a President that will subvert the rules in any form and he thought everybody was going to play that way, but unfortunately it did not happen that way and we have what we have now.

Adesina explained that Buhari will take his time to build strong institutions that will endure.

He said the President will not perform magic in solving Nigeria’s problems, adding that enduring change will come through deliberate, contemplative movement and decision.

“There is a difference between magic and deliberate, contemplative movement and decision. It turned out to me that when this administration came people thought it was coming to do magic.

“This President will not be doing magic. Rather, he will be working for fundamental and enduring change. Fundamental and enduring change will come after contemplation, it will come after sure footed plans that will be executed. It will not come like magic.

“One thing we can be sure of is that this President will work for Nigeria and for Nigerians. Nigerians should not want immediate results. Results will come, no doubt and it will come in the life of this administration. But people should know that those results will not be immediate. They can’t be immediate,” he added.