Femi Adesina, the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has described him as a friend of the masses which underscored many of his policies and decisions while in government.
Adesina said such considerations were responsible for his decision not to remove fuel subsidies as Nigeria’s president.
Adesina disclosed this in a tribute to celebrate Buhari who clocked 82 on Tuesday. He described him as ‘Ore Mekunu’, a Yoruba phrase for a friend of the poor adding that he ‘still draws the people like magnets even in retirement’.
