By Akinwale Kasali
An Aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has urged Nigerians not to be too expectant of any giant stride or development from the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
Shehu said that the failure of Nigerians to lower their expectations affected President Buhari former while he was in office.
Shehu said Nigerians have continually failed to learn from the past, which is having a toll on their expectations.
He said this while speaking during the 21st Daily Trust Annual Dialogue organized by the Trust Media Group in Abuja on Friday.
Shehu Stressed that Buhari was a major victim of high expectations and this is also the problem President Tinubu is facing.
He said, “President Muhammadu Buhari is a victim of the crisis of expectations and I think that the lesson for Nigerians from what I saw during the Buhari period and even Tinubu is, that Nigerians should begin to lower their expectations on political leaders.
“This is because these expectations are simply inhuman. Leaders can do a lot of things but no leader can do everything.
“During the time of Buhari, travellers to the Eastern Region used to spend about three days on the road, but after massive investment in infrastructure by Buhari, the travel time has reduced to about six hours.
“The government then also banned the importation of rice; after that, our farmers became so productive that production of rice skyrocketed and we were even feeding the whole of West Africa.”
