President Muhammadu Buhari,
Tuesday, in Abuja said his re-election campaign will focus on the scorecard of
his administration in the key areas of security, economy and the fight against
corruption.
Speaking at a Christmas Homage by
residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) led by the Minister, Mohammed
Bello, President Buhari said those three overarching issues were still as
relevant to the country as it was before the 2015 polls that brought the
APC-led government to power.
‘‘Very soon we will go to the
geopolitical zones to remind the people of our promises in 2015 on three
fundamental things: [security, economy and the fight against corruption].
‘‘Unless we secure the country,
we cannot manage it properly… that is why shortly after I was elected, I went
to Chad, Niger, Cameroon and the Republic of Benin to seek their support in the
fight against the insurgency.
President Buhari also used the
occasion to reassure Nigerians that his administration remains committed to
tackling kidnapping and banditry in addition to finding a lasting solution to
the conflict between herders and sedentary farmers.
President Buhari told the
gathering, comprising religious, political and traditional leaders in the FCT
that his administration has done more work with less resources in agriculture,
infrastructure and social investments, considering the state of the economy it
inherited from the previous administration.
On agriculture, President Buhari
said he remained grateful to God for the bumper harvests experienced by farmers
in different parts of the country in 2016, 2017 and 2018 despite devastating
floods.
‘‘I am very happy that all the
people who returned to agriculture have not regretted it,’’ he said.
On the fight against corruption,
the President pledged that he will continue to do his best to recover what
rightly belongs to Nigeria, guided by the rule of law and respect for
constituted authority.
The President jocularly said
people were calling him ‘‘Baba Go Slow’’ because he had jettisoned the military
way of fighting corruption and opted for due process under a constitutional democracy.
‘‘When I was going fast I was
arrested so why should I go fast again. It is not Baba that is slow it is the
system. So whatever the case I will not stop pointing fingers at those who have
illegally abused trust by taking [public] funds entrusted to them,’’ he said.
Earlier in his remarks, the FCT
Minister while congratulating the President for an eventful year with
remarkable achievements, said: ‘‘we in the FCT are your flock and we know you
will continue to lead us to the Promised Land.’’
On his part, the Primate, Church
of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, who spoke on behalf
of the Christian community, thanked God for sustaining the President with good
health.
The Anglican Primate urged
political and religious leaders in the country to take a cue from the FCT and
replicate the religious harmony between Christians and Muslims.
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