The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has lamented the level of vitrolic criticisms thrown at President Muhammadu Buhari, pointing out that leaders are rarely loved while in office.

Citing the case of former President Goodluck Jonathan,  who he says was persecuted out of office, but has now become the favorite of many Nigerians, Shehu was of the opinion that this same yearning will happen after Buhari has handed over to the next president.

As regards the cashless policy, he stated that the current cashless policy introduced by the present administration, is desirable and therefore irreversible.

According to him, “cashless is the way forward for Nigeria because cashless nations and in fact, all advanced nations of the world have gone cashless”.

Acknowledging the challenges that have accompanied the change, the presidential spokesman said it is sad that the only people who should have been more pained are the ones who are inflicting pains on the lower segment of the society.