The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said on Sunday, that the National Orientation Agency has refused to believe in the change agenda of the current administration.
While announcing on Sunday that the presidency is set to begin town hall meetings across Nigeria, Shehu said: “We have an agency like NOA with 773 offices nationwide. Each has not less than 5 to 7 staffs and well-equipped, but you know also, sometimes democracy has its own dark side.”
“The President came and he wanted to really be fair to every Chief Executive. If he wanted to fire people on assumption (of office), he would have done it and he would not have violated any rule.”
“He decided to give everyone a chance to see whether they would imbibe the change mantra, to see whether they were prepared to go along (with him). They never believed in change. They just folded their arms and watched us for the period of 8 to 9 months that they were there.”
“I will say with all sincerity that NOA was a source of worry for us in government; the people and the leadership never believed in what we are doing. I believe the new leadership would begin to formulate things for agencies like that.”
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