Buhari scores himself on anti-graft fight, security of Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration has been doing its best since coming into power in 2015 and assured that he remained focus on delivering on his promises of securing the country, boosting its economy and ridding it of corruption.

He said, “From the very time we came until now, we have been able to do our best, and we remain focused on delivering on our promises.”

The president’s claim is coming amid a recent report by Transparency International that corruption is very high in Nigeria, and the incessant wanton killings of Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and Boko Haram terrorists.

Buhari, who spoke on Thursday when a delegation from King Salman of Saudi Arabia visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, insisted that his government was still mindful of the three cardinal promises made to Nigerians during the 2015 election campaigns.

On what is the actual situation of the fight against insurgency in the country, Buhari argued that Nigerians in the areas affected by Boko Haram are in the best position to provide correct assessments of the changes that have taken place since he came into power 2015.

In the statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari told the Saudi Arabian delegation that the priority of his administration had so far been on securing the country, buoying the economy and curbing corruption so that Nigerians would start benefitting from the rich natural and human resources of the country.

Buhari further used the occasion to appreciate the King Salman Aid and Relief Centre, and the Saudi Development Fund for providing relief materials, worth 10 million dollars, to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East.

READ ALSO: Group accuses soldiers of aiding herdsmen invasion of Benue

Speaking at the meeting, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Dan-Ali, explained that the delegation from Saudi Arabia before coming to Abuja to see the president, had visited the Ministry of Defence, and taken a tour of IDP camps in Maiduguri as part of their schedule.

In his reaction, the leader of the Saudi Arabian delegation from King Salman, Nasser Bin Mutlaq, said the visit and the donation of materials was an extension of the good relations both countries had shared over the years.

“We are directed to offer materials and food for the displaced persons in the North East worth 10 million dollars. We have had a field visit to the places and seen the humanitarian situation ourselves,” he said.

 

 

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.

 

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now