The Presidency on Sunday, aimed dig at Goodluck Jonathan, a former President of Nigeria after telling Nigerians to be thankful that bombings no longer take place in the country on a daily basis.
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made the call on a Channels TV programme.
The presidential spokesman, made the statement in response to the complaints by Nigerians over the rising insecurity in the country.
According to Adesina, there was a time in Nigeria when six bombs would go off in a single day but since his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari became the nation’s leader, the killings had reduced.
When asked if security had improved, he said; “Yes, there are times, a week, two weeks even a month that you don’t have all these things happening. There was a time in the immediate past when they happened daily several times. You talked of one bombing within three or four days. There was a time in this country when bombs went off like firecrackers every day.
“There could be five, six bombings in one day. Now, you can have two, three months with no single case of bombing. Let’s be thankful for small mercies. Any mercies we receive, let’s be thankful for it, and let’s not dwell on negatives alone.
“Life is taking the rough and smooth together. So, sometimes we see when things go on for days, for weeks with no negative developments, let us emphasise those ones… We have challenges but these are not the constants in the country.”