Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina says Nigerians should be thankful that Boko Haram-sponsored bombings have reduced drastically since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power.
“There are times, a week, two weeks even a month that you don’t have all these things happening. There was a time in the immediate past when they happened daily several times,” he said during a Channels TV programme on Sunday.
“You talked of one bombing within three or four days. There was a time in this country when bombs went off like firecrackers every day.
“There could be five, six bombings in one day. Now, you can have two, three months with no single case of bombing. Let’s be thankful for small mercies. Any mercies we receive, let’s be thankful for it, and let’s not dwell on negatives alone.
“Life is taking the rough and smooth together. So, sometimes we see when things go on for days, for weeks with no negative developments, let us emphasise those ones. We have challenges but these are not the constants in the country.”
Boko Haram appears to have restrategise into abducting students and ravaging rural communities in the north.
Meanwhile, last Friday Mr Adesina said in an article to mark the president’s 78th birthday that Nigerians would appreciate Buhari more if they really knew him.
