Femi Adesina, a presidential advisor, claims that many Nigerians have always desired to leave the country and is not moved by the current surge of migration.
Speaking on Sunday Politics on Channels Television, he insisted that Nigeria was not the only country affected by the crisis.
“The average Nigerian had always wanted to leave. And it is not just in Nigeria. It is in most countries of the world, particularly in the third world,” he said during the show. “They always believe that it is greener on the other side.”
“You see, the truth is that if you have an opportunity to better yourself in any part of the world, there is nothing wrong with it. If you think migrating legally is good for you, all well and good. By all means, go!” he added.
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“But you cannot now say that because people are leaving, then it is a sign that something is fundamentally wrong.”
“There are Nigeria who would never leave the country no matter how things are”.
The presidential aide also addressed the security of the nation, claiming that it would be left in a safer state after President Muhammadu Buhari’s term.
“No doubt about it. He would leave a safer country. When he came in 2015, you could not be sure Nigeria would exist in the next one month. As of 2015, what was happening was that nobody could confidently say that Nigeria would be on the map in the following next week, month or year. But we saw that he came and took the battle to the insurgency,” Adesina said.
“When he came, the insurgency was the main thing and he took the battle to them. Then, it became hydra-headed – banditry, kidnapping for ransom, cultism, and separatist agitations joined. How many challenges can one administration really confront? That’s the issue with the Buhari administration. From day one till now, it was from one challenge to the other.”
