Femi Adesina says the difference between Jonathan and Buhari is trust
- Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, accuses the APC led administration of running a government on lies and propaganda
- He faults those who criticised his administration for not talking now that the global crude oil is about 53 dollars per barrel and the pump price of petrol is N143
- APC is currently engulfed in a crisis over alleged plot to remove the party’s national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun
The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has said the main difference between President Muhammadu Buhari and former president, Goodluck Jonathan, is trust.
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Adesina made the statement on Friday, October 20, in response to Jonathan’s comments on the fuel price hike by the Buhari regime.
The former president had on Thursday, October 19, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration of running a government on lies and propaganda.
Speaking when he received Tunde Adeniran, a chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Abuja on Thursday, Jonathan questioned why those who criticised his administration for hiking the price of petroleum products failed to speak against the current government for doing same.
He said: “My government was severely criticised for increasing the pump price of petroleum from N67 to N97 at a time that global crude price was going for over 100 dollars.
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“The pump price was later reduced to N87 when the price of crude oil dropped and they attacked us that it was supposed to be lower. Those who criticised my administration are not talking again now that the global crude oil is about 53 dollars per barrel and the pump price of petrol is N143.”
But in reply, Femi Adesina in a tweet said trust was the reason Nigerians held their peace when petrol went to N145 under Buhari.
He said: “When petrol went to N145 under PMB, Nigerians held their peace, unlike when they shut the country in 2012. The difference is trust. Simple.”
See Adesina’s tweet below:
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress is currently engulfed in a crisis as 17 governors are allegedly plotting the removal of the party’s national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.
The Nation reports that the governors are reportedly upset that the party chairman has been running its affairs with only seven of their colleagues; and may pass a vote of no confidence on Oyegun at the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting coming up on October 31.
Legit.ng gathered that a former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomole, has been fingered by Oyegun’s supporters as the man behind the plot to remove Oyegun.
Oyegun’s supporters claim that ahead of the NEC meeting, Oshiomole’s men have been lobbying party chiefs to install the former governor in the event that Oyegun is indeed pushed aside.
To buttress their point further, the aggrieved governors are said to have gone as far as reaching out to President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Source: Legit.ng
