Femi Adesina and his letter of assurance to Nigerians

Special Aide to the President Mr Femi Adesina released a News letter assuring Nigerians of a turn around in the economic situation. He also stated that he took a Pay Cut when he joined the Buhari Administration
The letter thus
He write: “Here comes the

preacher. What does
he want to tell us? Doesn’t he know that we are
hungry, and the din of hunger makes one deaf to
reason? The rumble in our tummies, as the
worms compete for the little food left there, will
surely be louder than what anybody can say now.
True? Not exactly. Come, let us reason together.
“Father Ejike Mbaka, that fearless priest of the
Catholic church, gave an illustration recently,
which I believe was not revealed to him by flesh
and blood. There is hunger in the land, with
people severely famished. And there is ululation,
loud enough to deafen the deaf all over again,
and wake the dead from his eternal sleep. The
wailers are wailing so loud, as if Bob Marley had
resurrected with his band, the Wailing Wailers.
But hear Fr. Mbaka: somebody came, looted your
kitchen, carried away all the food.
“He did not even leave you crumbs to console
yourself with. And then comes another person,
trying to replenish your pantry, trying to restock
your kitchen. And then you begin to shout; we
are hungry o, we are hungry o, to the point of
distracting and discouraging the new man. Who
should you rather wail and rage against? The
man that looted your kitchen, of course.
“That is the exact similitude of the position of
Nigeria. There is hunger, lack, and deprivation in
the land. But is it a death knell? Not when the
kitchen is being restocked, and we will soon feed
till we want no more.
“I am on a national assignment that has cut my
legitimate annual income by one third, so when
there is hunger in the land, I go hungry too. Well,
almost. When people talk of lack of money, I
penny-pinch, too.
“Well, almost. Let nobody think those in
government are insulated from what is
happening in the country. At least, those who
have truly come to serve. But those precious
promises hold true any day. ‘In the days of
famine, my people shall be satisfied.’ ‘The young
lion may lack, and suffer hunger, but those that
trust in the Lord shall not suffer any good thing.”