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Fuel Scarcity: Nigerians Slam Adesina Over Statement On Fuel Scarcity
Some social commentators and public affairs analysts have bemoaned the Spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari; Femi Adesina, for his statement on the lingering fuel scarcity across Nigeria.
The President’s spokesman had in his latest weekly article ‘Knock Knock. Who’s there? “said heavens would not fall over the current fuel scarcity and Nigerians will survive like always.
In the statement, Adesina recalled that Nigerians had experienced a similar situation in the past and that they survived.
The statement did not get down well with some social commentators, who have condemned it, and at the same time calling him out for being heartless to the pains of those who voted his government into power.
They bemoaned him for being insensitive to the plight of Nigerians queueing at fuel stations since February, and for hardship the masses face.
According to one of the social commentators, Samuel Adeyanju in an interaction with The Tide, on the issue, Femi Adesina is one of the reasons why nobody trusts government critics.
“ 95 per cent of critics and activists turn out to be more heartless and hopeless than the people they criticize once they get into the government.
“ Femi Adesina said the heavens would not fall over the current fuel scarcity and Nigerians will survive like always. To me, that statement is deliberate and a turture to the suffering Nigerian people at this time.
“ Yes, so we should continue to be with our economic hardship due to the failure of our past leaders to address pecliar challenges and for years cannot have a single refinery working,” he said.
For Tonye Quakers “ This is how these people think of Nigerians. Is Femi Adesina aware of the promising youths that lost their lives indirectly due to fuel scarcity in Ilorin? How do you think their parents will feel seeing this your view? This administration is no doubt the worst. No human feeling at all.
“One thing I want Femi Adeshina to remember is that he is not going to be in that office forever. In fact his days are numbered, is that what he wish for his entire family, to adjust to poverty? God will judge him accordingly for his arrogant and insensitive statement”, he posited.
Also adding his voice on the issue, Tonyman Amarame while reacting to the statement at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Friday, said that Femi Adesina was a disgrace to journalism, for wanting the public to continue with the suffering.
“Seeing someone who attacked Jonathan’s government badly is now talking from another side of his mouth, we have never witnessed this kind of fuel scarcity, with terrible power supply problem, as we have now, APC is a curse.”
By: Corlins Walter
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The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Peters Nwagor, has commended the orderly conduct of the ongoing 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in the state and urged schools to sustain the standard.
Dr. Nwagor gave the commendation on Tuesday during a monitoring tour of selected secondary schools in Port Harcourt and environs where the WAEC exam is ongoing.
The commissioner, who was accompanied by directors and monitors from the Ministry of Education, said he was impressed with the peaceful atmosphere at the centres visited.
“The students conducted themselves properly and wrote their papers under conducive conditions. Invigilators and supervisors also performed their duties professionally,” he stated.
Nwagor noted that the Rivers State Government had invested heavily to ensure the smooth and credible conduct of the examination across the state
He urged candidates to reciprocate government’s effort by shunning all forms of examination malpractice and focusing on their studies.
“Government has done so much to ensure successful examinations in our schools. Students should take advantage of it by remaining focused,” the commissioner said.
While no case of malpractice was recorded in the centres inspected, Dr. Nwagor warned that any principal, teacher, invigilator, or official caught aiding malpractice would face strict sanctions in line with regulations.
He also commended school administrators, teachers, WAEC officials, and security personnel for upholding the integrity of the process.
Centres visited included County Grammar School, Ikwerre/Etche; Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borokiri; Government Secondary School, Borokiri; and Pabod Model Secondary School.