By Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA—The Presidency has advised leaders of the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, to stop misleading Nigerians “with blatantly false propaganda and misinformation to serve ulterior motives.”

Reacting to an article, entitled: “Seven Months After, President’s Change Agenda Scorecard written by Idayat Hassan,” Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement:  “It is very mischievous to attribute to the president promises he didn’t make during the campaign, and now hold him accountable for them.

“The latest CDD episode is a shocking reminder to their failed attempt to hold the president to ‘one hundred promises in one hundred days’ which disastrously crashed on the head of the proponent.

‘’The elevation of the act to a new high of 220 promises is a knee-jerk reaction that seeks to play to the gallery and score cheap points against the president. This is a clear case of solution looking for problem.”

According to Shehu, President Buhari deserves commendation from Nigerians who within the period of seven months in office, blocked loopholes for financial leakages and also made efforts to repatriate stolen funds.

He stated that the president was making good strides towards improving governance, by tackling corruption.

“To-date, a good number of persons believed to have collectively stolen billions from  taxpayers have been arrested, and are facing the courts. We are working with our allies across the world – from Britain and America to France and Germany; to China and UAE to source, locate and repatriate misappropriated funds. So far, an account has been opened for money that  is being returned,” Shehu said.

He added that the Nigerian Customs Service had quadrupled its revenue base to incredible level  within seven months, a feat that eluded them for years.