Nigerians have suffered worse fuel scarcity, power outages, heavens won’t fall —Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has told Nigerians to stop complaining about the current fuel scarcity and power outages in Nigeria, as the country had faced worse situations in the past, and survived.

In an article on Friday on his Facebook column, ‘From the Inside’ titled ‘Knock, knock, who’s there?’ Adesina said Nigerians should be patient with the Buhari-led administration as the “country had gone through this hardship before and would survive the current one.”

In the article, Adesina recalled how Nigerians had experienced “similar or worse situation in the past and survived.”

“It’s obviously not the easiest of times in our country currently, what with severe fuel scarcity exacerbating the other existential challenges we have been coping with.

“In some areas, there’s no fuel, no electricity, thus translating to a severe energy crisis

“There were cases of bad fuel before in this country. We slept for days, weeks on end at petrol stations, queuing for fuel. We survived. We will survive again. Las las,” the presidential aide wrote”.

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According to him, “But amidst it all, no fuel, no electricity, anxiety about Ukraine, general insecurity, Government continues to work. The Heavens won’t fall, and sanity would be restored. The current situation is called SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up. Normalcy will definitely return. “Be patient, my soul. Thou hath suffered worse than this.” (Thomas Holcroft).

As usual, Adesina went ahead to reel out Buhari’s achievements, especially in the area of infrastructural development, and reminded Nigerians to look at the positive side of this administration, rather than dwelling on the negative parts, with the maxim that “it is not all doom and gloom in our country.”

Going Biblical, Adesina said:

“Be patient my soul, thou hath suffered worse than this.

“I’ve come to knock and ring and tap on your door today, to remind you that it is not all doom and gloom in our country.

“However overcast the sky is, there’s always a shimmer of light.”

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