The recent comments by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to
Mr. President, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Buhari not going to be appointed
minister of petroleum and also, age not being a yardstick for measuring
performance in governance on the side of the ministerial nominees has
sparked off criticisms from Nigerians who have not taken such statements
like a pat on the shoulders.
Femi Adesina had said, while fielding questions on Channels that,
“These people who have been nominated are qualified and are Nigerians.
Talking of age, there is a saying that “age does not matter. It does not
mind, if you don’t mind it.” I don’t think that age is an issue.“And you may have a chronological age of 68, which is the age of the
oldest of the nominees, if that nominee now has a mental age of 15 or
20, what do we gain? We must rather talk of the mental age rather than
the chronological age.And talking of age, you should rather talk about mental and
chronological age. If you have a chronological age of 30, which makes
you a youth, and mental age is not at par, what do we gain? Nothing.” It is not the chronological age that matters as
long as that person has what he is bringing to the table.” He said. Here
are tweets on how Nigerians responded to his statements above:
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