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Lower your expectation of the Tinubu’s govt, Garba Shehu advises Nigerians 

Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has advised Nigerians to lower their expectations of President Bola Tinubu’s ability to satisfy their expectations.

 

Garba Shehu made the call at the 21st Daily Trust Annual Dialogue organised by Trust Media Group on Thursday in Abuja.

 

“President Muhammadu Buhari is a victim of crisis of expectations. And I think that the lesson for Nigerians from what I saw during the Buhari period and even Tinubu is, Nigerians should begin to lower their expectations on political leaders. 

 

“This is because these expectations are simply inhuman. Leaders can do a lot of things, but no leader can do everything. During the time of Buhari, travellers to the Eastern Region used to spend about three days on the road, but after massive investment in infrastructure by Buhari, the travel time has reduced to about six hours.

 

“The government then also banned the importation of rice. After that, our farmers became so productive that production of rice skyrocketed and we were even feeding the whole of West Africa,” Mr Shehu said.