Following the launch of “Change begins with me” campaign by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity Femi Adesina took to twitter to reiterate what Buhari said during the speech.
“Before you ask, ‘where is the change they promised us,’ you must first ask, ‘how far have I changed my ways.’-PMB,” Adesina tweeted.
Before you ask, ‘where is the change they promised us,’ you must first ask, ‘how far have I changed my ways.’-PMB
— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) September 8, 2016
Not long after posting the tweet, Adesina received numerous backlash from Nigerians.
See their tweets below:
@femadesina What has my behavior got to do with the fact I have no electricity? Looool
— D’Padre™ (@D_WarEagle) September 8, 2016
@femadesina Tell me, how do I change my behavior so I won’t see bad roads anymore? I’m all eyes… tweet!
— D’Padre™ (@D_WarEagle) September 8, 2016
@d_wareagle So if you are bad , you should continue because there are bad roads. @femadesina
— OGBENI KUFRE (@TheRealKufre85) September8, 2016
@FemAdesina if change is for @Mrskemiadeosun to be blowing big grammars while our economy sinks then preach it to the apes
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September9, 2016
@FemAdesina tell your boss to change from the old Dictator he used to be to a Democrat and a nationalist then I and many other will change
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September9, 2016
@FemAdesina @MrAyeDee ok now the blame is on Nigerian no more GEJ. They even blamed Obama’s wife for chibok girls not been rescued
— onelove (@0a182d83ffbb486) September8, 2016
@therealkufre85 @femadesina I want to know what I need to change to see good roads and electricity. Am I bad? no, so?
— D’Padre™ (@D_WarEagle) September8, 2016
@therealkufre85 @femadesina So, how does my behaviour affect the fact to have water, na you go pay to put borehole?
— D’Padre™ (@D_WarEagle) September 8, 2016
@femadesina @therealkufre85 How do I change it so I don’t have to buy fuel to pump the water?
— D’Padre™ (@D_WarEagle) September8, 2016
@femadesina @therealkufre85 Is my behavior why we have 4 refineries but don’t refine the crude oil we produce?
— D’Padre™ (@D_WarEagle) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina I will like to see how you have changed your own ways Oga Femi. Limiting your twaddling will be a great way to hit it off.
— Charles the 1st (@9jaBloke) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina if change is fighting corruption on the opposition party only then you guys are jokers and dreamers coz we ain’t blind
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina Mr.Monkey biz, Change should be by example. @MBuhari cannot associate with corrupt individuals & expect corruption to disappear
— CAPTAIN (@PaulUtho) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina pic.twitter.com/3ZGaPcdKDM
— •ZAY• (@AGodRizzy) September 8, 2016
@PaulUtho @FemAdesina @MBuhari CBN illegal recruitment is biggest corruption so far in Nigerian history pic.twitter.com/nhqgKS8Tmz
— Tycoon (@Asmailafiya) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina wee you shut up!!!!! pic.twitter.com/8qdLCjkUkq
—Onyeoma Akinto (@onyeka01) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina if change is selling $1 @197 for pilgrims while students, biznes men and sick folks buy @420 then we have a long way to go
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina when ur Oga was campaigning did he tell us 2 first changed our ways before he will fulfill promise he made to us?
— ALEXANDRA BENJAMIN (@mfon006) September8, 2016
@FemAdesina pic.twitter.com/kBvXIIe2Y1
— Hunnie Bun ?⚪️⚫️ (@TheVictoriaNYC) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina The stupidity you guys are exhibiting over there is legendary.
Nigerians are generally not as stupid as your supporters
— ®Sley™ (@Dr_Sley) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina it’s already happening people are committing suicide you are still asking them to find out if they have changed.
— Stevedow (@stand4u2nv) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina in other words, we are asking for the promised change because we have changed to point where the only change left is suicide…
— Stevedow (@stand4u2nv) September8, 2016
@FemAdesina Seems the Blame GEJ Rhetoric is no selling
— Odum (@Sirbunto) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @MizCazorla1 Buhari is a big failure, he’s looking for excuse to justify his incompetence. @MBuhari
— Dafidi (@Molade87) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @GarShehu Can the change start with @MBuhari selling the presidential jets or cutting down the budget for his food and haircut?
— Comrade Phils (@comradephils) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina if change is sending the police to harass unarmed peaceful #BBOG protesters then this change is evil@AishaYesufu @obyezeks
—steve Kefason (@sk4real) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina i hav no doubt this administration has best interst but u need to hire people wit communication competence. You are loosing us.
— raphaEL (@iDURalph) September9, 2016
@FemAdesina sir, I think you make more sense when you kip quiet.
— Alade (@aladelinks1) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina how much have you& your boss changed by way of leading by example?
— Frank Opara (@fopara03) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina meaning, leadership by example pls.
— Olawoyin (@afojohn) September8, 2016
@FemAdesina U are a fool for this.. The president should live by example first.
— Asiwaju (@AsiwajuApc) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina pic.twitter.com/gGQcAAdVoK
— Omadi (@iamtenseven) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina Mr. President has deployed D military to crush Avengers while his Fulani terrorists brothers continue to kill with impunity
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina how does #ChangeBeginsWithMetranslate to providing me with social amenities, security, food, good governance, etc? Oga b kiafu
— Juliet Billionaire (@yinotinto) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina if change is subsidizing dollar worth over 7billion naira then am not ready to change
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina until Mr. President deploy our military arsenal to hunt down Fulani terrorists in the middle belt then the change is a farce
— steve Kefason (@sk4real) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina @AngelFace0221 Mr Buhari should change & keep to his promises first to inspire Nigerians simple!
— Idongesit Umoh (@umoh46) September 8, 2016
@NGRWailers @FemAdesina What have we done to @APCNigeria and @MBuhari ,now they want to blame us .then they would blame our ancestors 2017
— AGUDA JUDE MAKHENA (@JudeMakhena) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina That’s what Nigerians get 4 electing a grandpa as President.Talking 2 us as if we are kids being reprimanded 4 daring 2complain
— ejiro ufuoma (@ejiroufuoma1) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina when the number of his cows have not changed from 150 in 2003 to date. #changebegins withBuhari
— #iAmWoman (@MayenDuke) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @GarShehu Ur campaign was never about Nigerians changing their ways. It was VOTE APC FOR CHANGE.
— Wailer4rmOdaSide (@AmeGerian01) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @GarShehu so my behavior will make one dollars to forty naira as he promised.
— Val Esq (@nwakamso) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @bdull46 Lol. Then we should’ve all stayed with the last administration and tried to change ourselves in the next few years.
— Lone wolf (@Dear_Jorge) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina sharaaaap their
— Nathan (@onuoh2) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina You cannot serve change as a meal and expect people to eat it, except that meal can cure their hunger, homeless and joblessness.
— Akacha (@akachajega) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina The idea that you can launch yet another pro to get Nigerians to change just show that we are not learning from our own mistake.
— Akacha (@akachajega) September 8, 2016
Yes.. A lot of people have changed already… From being gainfully employed, to be unemployed. #Ewu @FemAdesina
— Zoe Brooks (@cayorjeff) September 8, 2016
Yes.. A lot of people have changed already… From being gainfully employed, to be unemployed. #Ewu @FemAdesina
— Zoe Brooks (@cayorjeff) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina Provide infrastructure, protect human & property rights, ensure national security, fighcrimes. People WILL NATURALLY change.
— Akacha (@akachajega) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina A good servant is one who has D boldness to tell his boss sir,with your respect things are not working well do something.
— ALEXANDRA BENJAMIN (@mfon006) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @NGRWailers @MBuhari Ur Oga Pmb dat promised us change wat has he don? Dictatorship, disobeying court order,etc.Is dat d Change?
— Tochukwu Eze (@c55a58867f22447) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina u guys got it all wrong. Government exist to provide solution. Did u sought our consent when u made campaign promises?
— Patrick O Agoro (@strongyard) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina @FMICNigeria I know Buhari knows he’s not coming back in2019 that why he is being funny
— Chronic (@donwani007) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina at the end of the day we’ll all be arrested for saying or trying to do right. Is this the #Change I voted for?
— Aliyu Sharif (@AliyuSharif) September 8, 2016
@FemAdesina a simple “This is the change you asked for” campaign or “The change has begun, join us” campaign would have worked. Not this.
— raphaEL (@iDURalph) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina Femi don’t Let me abuse you… what stupid question are you asking.
— Efuntoye Olayemi (@yemotoye) September9, 2016
@FemAdesina pls go and sleep and don’t wake up till 2020. Nonsense #ChangeBeginsWithMe
— Juliet Billionaire (@yinotinto) September9, 2016
@FemAdesina change abi,do you think we’re fools,after millions of us are now jobless,we’ll meet in 2019.Edo and ONDO on our minds.
— ALAGBE GBENGA (@gbengaalagbe) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina after media propaganda against GEJ now its now the poor Nigerians your government wants to deceive.Nemesis is a disease
— Life_mophotography (@Lifeimagepix) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina it takes a daft to quote a saying from a daft;?so that makes you and your Boss @MBuhari one!!! #horriblesets
— Abraham Uyanna (@oxygentwitts) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina pic.twitter.com/hqwU5B8zMN
— Sugar (@osato_tito) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina @babafes2 I have changed my ways from eating 3 meals a day to eating just 1. What more do u people want from me? Starve?
— Auwal Abubakar (@UfedoAuwal) September 9, 2016
@FemAdesina the change ideology is good prospect, but trust me, even the courage to make the personal changes you are talkin abt is hungry
— FAWEYA SEGUN DUNSI (@FAWEYASEGUNDUNS) September 9, 2016