The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has assured Nigerians
that he would not condone looting of their common patrimony. He also
promised to handle state resources with utmost responsibility and
honesty.
Punch report that Buhari said this while receiving a
delegation of the people of his home-state, Katsina, who came to
congratulate him on his election as President, at his campaign office,
in Abuja, on Saturday.
He expressed his regret that the citizens
had been impoverished by 16-year maladministration by the Peoples
Democratic Party despite that the country received more income in the
period than at any other time in the country’s history.
The President-elect said savings from his war against corruption would be ploughed into education
, with the objective of empowering the citizens.
A statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Garba Shehu, quoted
Buhari as saying, “If you give education to a man or woman, you have
empowered them to be productive. There is no better way to empowerment.”
Buhari
equally expressed his commitment to multi-party democracy as the best
system of government, while he appealed to all citizens to imbibe
courage and perseverance.
These virtues, he said, stood him in
good stead in bringing victory to him after failing three times in the
past presidential elections.
The leaders of the delegation
included the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Katsina
State, Mustapha Inuwa; a former Governor of Katsina, Saidu Barda; a
leading Muslim cleric; a representative of federal legislators; and a
representative of the traditional institutions in the state.
– PunchNG
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