BUHARI TO SUPPORTERS:Stick with me, posterity will remember your sufferings

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja urged his supporters to maintain their steadfastness in him and assured them that their “long-suffering, commitment and sacrifices” over the years will be remembered by “posterity”.

The president further called on them to remain steadfast in pursuing the overall good of the nation, saying that he will remain “eternally grateful’’ for all the personal and collective sacrifices that culminated in winning the 2015 elections.

A statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted Buhari as saying this when he received the Governance Support Group at the Presidential Villa, adding that he assured them that all their efforts would never be forgotten.

“I can never forget your sacrifices and I am grateful for all. You never gave up when things were bleak, and we needed to survive. I can’t express my gratitude enough. In spite of the environment you found yourself, you kept believing and pushing. Some of you were really exposed to risks. My consolation is that you voluntarily threw in your lot with me.

“Some of you exposed yourself so much, and I knew it. I urge you to still stick to your principled ways of doing things and our country will be the better for it,” Buhari said.

The President said the administration had ushered in a new era of accountability and responsibility by auditing and correcting the many wrongs of the past that crippled the economy and created an exclusive class, promising to consolidate on the reforms he had initiated for change in the country.

“Some of the things I saw here were unbelievable. I still shudder and wonder how a country can survive under such abuses. It is only by an act of God that we survived,” he added.

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He told his supporters that he was not oblivious of the personal risks and investments that brought in the government, citing the appointment of Mr. Boss Mustapha as Secretary to the Government of the Federation as most deserved because of his steadfastness.

“I want you to maintain your steadfastness. We have gone through the worst of the times. We lost elections three times and I learnt a lot along the way,” he said.

The chairman of the Governance Support Group, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, commended the President for the bold initiatives in restoring security, tackling corruption, and setting the economy on a more predictable path. He assured that the group would not desist from their support.

 

 

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