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Nigerians Rebuff Buhari’s Tweets, Ask Him To Talk

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March 21, 2020

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By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic may not have gone down well with many Nigerians.

Intense criticisms have trailed Buhari’s refusal to address Nigerians, as many Nigerians have taken to the social media to attack the president.

GreenwhiteGreen reports that the Senate, last week, asked the president to address the nation on the Coronavirus pandemic.

The development led to a stern rebuke by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu.

However, the president, on Friday, sought a different channel as he in a series of tweets on his official Twitter handle, provided update on the measures taken by the Federal Government to address the Coronavirus issue.

See tweets:

Protecting Nigerians from the Coronavirus is a key priority for us as a Government. We have the Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) working round-the-clock with several other agencies, as well as State Governments, to ensure this.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) March 20, 2020

I have absolute confidence in the relevant Ministers in the cabinet, the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus which I recently established, and the officials of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), who are all providing constant updates and professional counsel.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) March 20, 2020

Buhari’s tweets were met with sharp criticisms from many Nigerians, who believed that the president should have addressed millions of Nigerians, using broadcasting channels, instead of tweeting to his estimated 2.6 million followers.

GreenwhiteGreen gathered the following tweets:

You have only 2.6m followers on twitter. Go on air and speak to your 180million citizens!!!!!
— Cosmond Aburime (@KingCossy1) March 20, 2020

Tolu stop tweeting shit, tell Buhari to host a media chat.
People in my village and other remote areas are not on twitter but can watch TV and hear him talk.

Stop all this nonsense twitter threads ffs.

I'm not saying tweeting isn't important now but it shouldn't be paramount.
— ? Obong Ekpe ? (@Ody_johnson) March 20, 2020

Finally BABA is talking to us. But what of people not on Twitter? What is wrong if this tweet is read by him and recorded for broadcast? We don’t care if he reads it live or it is recorded. Just talk to the people out there without access to social media, thank you.
— JOHNPAUL OKOLIE (@O_J_OKOLIE) March 20, 2020

He tweeted to Nigerians?
So just approximately 2 million people are aware of this information. Sir we are over 200 million in Nigeria please call a press conference address us as a nation not ur tweeter followers.
— Chuks Glorious (@ChuksGlorious) March 20, 2020

This post to me is inefficient to addressing Nigerians in the face of this pandemic capable of wiping away humans from the surface of the earth. Please if you can't think out novelly, borrow ideas from other leaders who are responsive and have put measures to ease life.
— Abandajakobjustman (@Djustman007) March 20, 2020

If Buhari stands in a Press Conference with the Sultan and they make it widely circulated on radio as well, you think these Mosques that allowed Jumat today would have done it?
— Ayobami (@dondekojo) March 20, 2020

Former Education Minister,Dr Oby Ezekwesili,wants President Buhari to address the nation on Coronavirus. Ezekwesili says National Assembly should summon Buhari, adds that Buhari should come out of "self isolation" and be "reminded that leadership is not about personal comfort.”
— SeunOkin Channels tv (@seunokin) March 20, 2020

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Nigerians Rebuff Buhari’s Tweets, Ask Him To Talk

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