Tag: Adesina
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No business can survive without generators in Nigeria – AfDB President, Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, on Tuesday lamented that a paucity of energy was negatively affecting the growth of Nigerian industries.
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Buhari more popular, respected, accepted than Awolowo, Azikwe, Shagari, other great nationalists – Adesina
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says President Muhammadu Buhari has attained greater acceptance among
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Why Buhari gave Fani-Kayode triumphal return to APC despite wishing his son dead – Adesina
Buhari had last week received Fani-Kayode at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to officially signify the ex-minister’s defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The move had sparked mixed reactions from supporters of both the opposition and ruling parties. While some criticised Fani-Kayode for joining the APC after years of attacking…
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You’re a bootlicker, Gumi blasts Buhari’s media aide, Adesina
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has lambasted Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari for describing him as “a bandit lover”. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports Gumi saying “my mission has not failed but it was sabotaged or discouraged by the same influential people that benefit from the chaos”. Gumi expressed his…
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Sound Sultan was deeply passionate about Nigeria –Buhari
President, Mohammadu Buhari has bemoaned the passing of popular singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, who died on Sunday after a hard-fought battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known on Monday in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari condoles with the…
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Nigeria’s poverty situation unacceptable- AfDB President, Adesina
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has averred that Nigerians deserve wealth, rather than poverty. He noted that all the lavish wealth of natural resources, Nigeria’s poverty situation is unacceptable. Noting that “there are way too many poor people in Nigeria,” he warned that . He said that 38.5 percent of…
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Africa should be be producing, not begging for Covid-19 vaccine, says AFDB’s Adesina
African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has again urged regional leaders to focus on vaccine production and access for the African continent as the Covid-19 epidemic continues to take lives and hurt economies and livelihoods. Adesina addressed leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at a special summit held…
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Nigeria under Buhari will triumph like Manchester City – Adesina
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has likened Nigeria’s situation to that of Manchester City that rose from grass to win the English Premier League, saying peace and security will be restored to Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina, in his article, titled:: “Lesson for Nigeria from EPL,” said eight weeks into the season, many City fans…
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Despite alarming unemployment rate, Presidency says Nigeria making progress under Buhari
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Nigerians must stop dwelling solely on the negatives if the country is to forge ahead in the progressive path. Adesina made this assertion on Sunday night during an interview on a monitored Channels Television programme. He argued that there are silver linings…
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Insecurity: Only Buhari can assess, sack Service Chiefs – Adesina
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has again emphasized that only President Muhammadu Buhari has the prerogative to fire the service chiefs because he appointed them. Adesina, who appeared on Hot Seat Special, a live programme on Ogun State Television, OGTV, on Sunday made that statement against the backdrop of…