That You Elected A President Doesn't Mean You Can Order Him Around – Femi Adesina

President Muhammadu Buhari's media aide, Femi Adesina while speaking during an interview on Nigeria Info FM
on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, has said Nigerians can't order the president around.

After a caller on the programme asked him when the president will subject himself to a media chat, he defended Buhari’s distant style of direct communication with Nigerians.

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Here’s what he said;
“He has had three national broadcasts in about a month. What else do they want? Some people think because whether they elected a president or didn't elect him, you must lead your president by the nose. It doesn't happen.

“The fact that you have elected a man does not mean then you begin to order him around. The president will continue to do whatever is good for the country at any given time.”

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Since he was elected into office in 2015, Buhari has only been involved in one media chat, done in December 2015, where journalists openly asked him questions. Since then, he had kept a distant relationship with the media and communicates mostly through media statements signed by his aides.

When asked during Tuesday's interview why the president would not organise another media chat, Adesina said;
“There are many ways to communicate and different platforms of communication are being used by this president. I dare say that there’s enough information out there about government and its activity.

“If this president elects not to have a media chat like his predecessors, it's a matter of style. Every president has the right to determine the style he wants.”