Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, has described critics of President Muhammadu Buhari over the security challenges in the country as anarchists.
The Presidency made this known in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday.
Adesina stated that no government can solve all the problems in the country within a time frame, stressing that the nation’s worsening insecurity suddenly spiralled out of control.
The presidential spokesman asserted that insurgency was the main problem of the country in 2015 which has given birth to banditry and other criminal activities
Adesina noted that the insecurity in the country has become Hydra-headed, which is being addressed by the president and the security chiefs.
He said: “Yes the APC promised that it will secure the country and if you listen to the President everytime, he talks about his three priorities for Nigeria right from his first term to his second term and now to 10 months to the end of the administration, he would say we would secure the country, revive the economy and will fight corruption. Those three still remain his topmost priorities.
“In security, consider the first year in the administration. Was it the same way as it was inherited? No! There was an improvement. In fact, the insurgency was beaten up to the point it was said that Boko Haram has been technically degraded.
“But later there was a resurgence. Not only in resurgence, but it also became Hydra-headed. The insurgency was the main problem in 2015, later banditry joined, later kidnapping joined, later kidnapping joined, and later cult killings joined. It became hydra-headed.
“So, you don’t begin to say a government has failed for a problem that suddenly spiralled out of control. Security is a challenge. 10 months, one day to the end of the administration anything can still happen.
“A lot can still happen. You don’t begin to conclude that it has failed on security when its time is not up yet. For all you know, in one week or two months, this problem may be over. It can get done. That is how we should be, positive-minded.
“And of course, there are successes in different areas like infrastructure, agriculture, social security, many others.. so you don’t take just one issue and use it to conclude that the government has failed. It is never done.
“There is no government in part of the world that solves all the problems in the country. It has never happened and it will never happen”
