The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has advised Nigerians to ‘calm down’ to see the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Adesina said this in an article titled, ‘Why We Need to Calm Down’, referencing the now-viral ‘calm down’ video of the little boy who pleaded with his mother to calm down in a viral video.
He advised Nigerians to simmer down and stop being irate about the problems plaguing the nation.
“But if the truth is 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 ‘our last chance; last chance in the world’ to really fix things.
If you listen to some people; angry youths, religious leaders, political analysts, newspaper 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!”
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’m just telling you to be ‘calming’ down.
We will see the things that pertain to the peace of our country if we would just calm down. As the young boy said, “this is my last chance; last chance in the world.” he wrote.
Source: Punch
