He said that the president believed that all the civil servants should amend themselves to the change mantra, but regretted that a lot of them simply would not want to accept change.
Garba Shehu who spoke to newsmen at the Presidential Villa, Abuja today was specific about the National Orientation Agency (NOA), which he said had remained unconcerned about its main role of enlightening Nigerians on the activities of the government.
“We have an agency like NOA with 773 offices nationwide, each has not less than 5-7 staff, well equipped but you know also, sometimes democracy has its own dark side.
“The President came and he wanted to really be fair to every Chief Executive if he wanted to fire people on assumption he would have done it and he would not have violated any rule, but he decided to give everyone a chance to see whether they would imbibe the change mantra, or they prepared to come along.
“I will say with all sincerity that I know that the NOA had worried us in government, the people and the leadership never believe in what we are doing, they never believe in change, they just fold their arms and watch us from all this period 8-9 months when they are there, I believe the new leadership would begin to formulate things for agencies like that.”
Garba Shehu revealed that Buhari government would soon embark on what he called direct conversations with Nigerians through town hall meetings nationwide.
“I know that there is a plan that Professor Osinbajo the Vice President would start town hall meetings in zones and then it would be broken down to the state and so on. The government realizes that there is a need to take information to the people and there are steps that are been taken in order to ensure that is done.” [myad]
