Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said that when President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office on May 29, Nigerians will miss him.

This was said by Shehu during a Monday interview on Sunrise Daily on Channels TV.

He asserts that although Nigerian presidents are not adored while in power, their absence is felt.

Shehu bemoaned the severity of the President's accusations and added that presidents are not beloved while in office.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, he claimed, was “persecuted out of office, has now become the favourite of many Nigerians.”

He predicts that this same hunger would continue once Buhari hands the presidency along to the next leader.

Regarding the cashless policy, Shehu underlined that it is a desired and irreversible decision on the part of the current administration.

“Cashless is the way forward for Nigeria because cashless nations and in fact, all advanced nations of the world have gone cashless,” he said.