The president was speaking on Monday night at a meeting with members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) held in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
A statement issued on Tuesday by the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said that President Buhari confirmed that heads of national security agencies had been ordered to take all necessary action to apprehend and expose those behind the heinous attacks.
"We are determined to secure all Nigerians and I have told the Inspector-General of Police and other security agencies, in very strong terms, to deal decisively with the attackers,'' he said.
President Buhari expressed his personal condolences to the Catholic Bishop of Enugu, the people of Ukpabi Nimbo and all other communities that had suffered fatalities and other losses from the recent attacks.
Speaking on other national issues, the statement quoted the President as assuring the Bishops that he was acting with deliberation and moving methodically to implement his Change Agenda for the good of the country.
"We need to rebuild our institutions methodically, we need to change the way we do things.
"In the last 10 years, crude oil sold for more that $100 per barrel, but Nigeria did not save.
"That is why we have found ourselves where we are today,'' President Buhari told the Catholic Bishops, led by Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Jos.
The President assured them that his administration was working very hard to fulfill all the promises it had made to Nigerians.
According to him, his greatest motivating factor now is the desire to bring positive change to Nigeria.
On behalf of the bishops, Kaigama expressed the solidarity of the CBCN with the President.
"We are willing to collaborate with you and with your administration, in which we see hope for a greater Nigeria,'' he said.
The bishops pledged continued prayers for Nigeria and the government, expressing their conviction that "current hardships are temporary, and Nigeria will soon overcome its present difficulties''.
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The feudalist has realised that the region where they are fed from yet demerited is now willing to break up if it cannot federate or confederate. Do not trust this mam. He was quite for too long while he was warning southerners he will deal with them if they interupt the awoof oil the north is sharing for doing nothing but they set the country back and killing southerners and insulting them. Because of the north it is not about the best man for the job or highest score for admission. I wonder how long the south can carry this paracite load in the name helping them catch up. If they where in thier own country it would be the most poor and backward place in the world
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 5:02. You have dementia with your warped-up ideology.
DeleteYou are on point! Very sound ideology. You struck a sore nerve but that is the plain truth.
DeleteMiddle Belters do we need a soothsayer to tell us what God is openly telling us through circumstances and situations? Wake up and shine your eyes pls.
ReplyDeleteImagine what would have happened if the killings where by igbos against fulani in thier northern homeland? You see the point?
ReplyDeleteEnugu state got warning from d foolish Fulani people prior to the week of d attack, it was here that I red it from. Yet, the people and d state governor/commissioner of police in Enugu could not stop d enemy from b4 d attack. Y are d people here talking like Buhari is d cos of d attack? Even if u are a prist, there is room for self defense n it's not against d law. In as much as ur enemies intention has been made know, y not lay ambush and protect ursef before time. "Onward Christian Soldiers ..." Was composed on the way to fight the enemy, the state commissioner of police, governor, and d leaders of each communities in Enugu are to cover their face in shame. This rubbish cannot happen here in Lagos or in other part of Yoruba land. #my opinion; I stand to b corrected
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