{"id":26412,"date":"2020-08-07T07:32:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26412"},"modified":"2020-08-07T07:32:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:32:47","slug":"nigerians-will-see-buharis-achievements-if-they-calm-down-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26412","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians will see Buhari\u2019s achievements if they \u2018calm down\u2019 \u2014Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The presidency on Thursday urged Nigerians to \u201ccalm down\u201d for them to see the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the president, Femi Adesina<\/a>, made the call in a statement titled: \u201cWhy We Need to Calm Down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also made references to a viral video showing a little boy, Oreofeoluwa Babalola, pleading with his mum not to punish him for a misdemeanour but to rather calm down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adesina said the things many complain about are not peculiar to Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added Nigerians would only see good things if they calm down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like the boy pleaded in the video, the presidential aide urged Nigerians to calm down and stop being angry about the problems plaguing the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wrote: \u201cBut if the truth be told, that message from the boy is for the entire country. We need to calm down. We are too uptight, nervy, edgy. We grumble, murmur too much, call the government a lot of names, try to demonise those serving the nation, when it could be \u2018our last chance; last chance in the world\u2019 to really fix things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you listen to some people; angry youths, religious leaders, political analysts, newspaper<\/a> columnists, news reviewers, so-called activists, then nothing positive is happening in the country. It is all about insurgency, banditry, killings, joblessness, corruption, lack and deprivation. True? False!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those things are there, as they are also in many countries of the world. But they are not the only things happening in Nigeria. Only that we would not see the positive things except we calmed down. We would never enjoy the rainfall, if we expect rainstorm to carry away our rooftop at any moment. Calm down. I\u2019m just telling you to be \u2018calming\u2019 down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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