Buhari regretted his presidency says Adesina

Mr. Femi Adesina, the former president Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Advisor on Media, stated that his principal thought some of the administration’s actions should have been done more effectively.

Adesina spoke on Wednesday in Osogbo at an event called Media Dialogue with Femi Adesina, which was put on by the Osun State Association of Veteran Journalists.

Before Buhari left office, the former presidential spokesperson said, they had a two-hour conversation in which he posed a variety of issues.

He claims that when he questioned his principal about his regrets during the interview, Buhari acknowledged that there were possibly better ways to have handled some situations.

Adesina stated, “There is no living human being that will not regret certain things,” even if he did not express Buhari’s regret. I posed this query to the president, among others.

“I spent approximately two hours asking him every question imaginable before we left the office, and when we were done, he asked what I offered the Chief of Protocol for taking such a long time with him. I didn’t ask him any questions at all. Buhari believed that certain things could have been handled more effectively.

In defense of some of the administration’s decisions, Adesina stated that the Naira Redesign Policy was not entirely a terrible one, despite the hardships it caused Nigerians, since it allowed the nation to experience a decline in crime, particularly abduction, and reduced election-related manipulation in 2023.

He went on to say that Buhari gave his all to serve the country, but that he could not be held entirely responsible for any shortcomings in the way his principal guided the country.

“The naira redesign policy caused hardship for the people of Nigeria.” I used the N20,000 I had for over two weeks. One day, my house was full and we were planning to make breakfast when the gas ran out in the middle.

“I didn’t know what to do when they came to tell me that the gas was finished because I needed N40,000 to fill that large cylinder, but I didn’t have it.” Despite not having the money, I served as the president’s special adviser. My roommate had to help me pay for the gas, which I then reimbursed.

Therefore, everyone took the brunt of it. You will remember that there was not a single kidnapping throughout that period. I recall that some people attempted to abduct the secretary or chairman of the APC in Kano. They simply gave him three slaps and told him to leave after detaining him for three days without receiving a call to inquire about the amount they would collect because there was no money.

Because there was no naira, even kidnappers went out of business. And did you know that this approach led to a more transparent election?

“Nine governors in office were unable to address the Senate. They fought, but to no use. Have you ever observed a governor run for office just to lose? But they couldn’t win since there wasn’t any money to go around. Overall, the policy wasn’t all that horrible. Although there were problems, it wasn’t all that horrible, Adesina said.