Buhari: I am slow for a purpose

In apparent response to criticisms trailing his adminstration since assuming office on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, said the alleged slow nature of his administration was a deliberate attempt at not making mistakes.

The President had come under scathing criticisms over the seeming inaction and sometimes snail speed response to governance since assuming office.

The President however offered an explanation to the trend when a delegation of Women in Politics Forum visited him at the Presidential Villa.

This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity.

Defending the records of his administration, Buhari said steps must be taken with caution to avoid mistakes, adding that any mistake by his administration would be a disaster for the country.

“People say we are slow. We are trying to change structures put in place by our predecessors in office for 16 years. If we hurry it, we will make mistakes. That will be a disaster,” the President said.

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The President, who condemned the spate of terrorism in the North East, disclosed that a committee to rehabilitate infrastructure and resettle Internally Displaced Persons in that part of the country would soon be inaugurated, adding that the committee will be headed by Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) and also include Alhaji Aliko Dangote.

The President further disclosed that all forms of assistance in this respect generated locally and from foreign countries as promised by the G-7 will be channeled through the committee when it is inaugurated.

According to him, a list of damaged infrastructure, including schools and bridges had been compiled and handed over to the leaders of the G7 and the United States.

“I didn’t ask for a Kobo (in cash). It is up to them to choose what they will undertake. Already, some of them have sent teams to verify our assertions.”

The President, who regretted that women and children are the worst victims of the Boko Haram sect, said: “In the North-East, what I saw for myself and on those clips is a source of concern for people with conscience.

“They are mostly women, and children who are orphaned. Some of them don’t even know where they come from. This is the pathetic situation in which the country has found itself.”

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