President Muhammadu Buhari says
his administration has drastically reduced the culture of corruption and acquisition
of ill-gotten wealth in the country.
The president said the downward
slide “that the PDP took us in its 16 years of misrule” has been reversed in
the last three years and six months.
Buhari made the comment on Monday
when he inaugurated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign
council in Abuja on Monday.
“We have restored the territorial
integrity of our nation, thanks to our gallant men and women of our armed
forces,” he said.
“We are systematically engaged in
all the remaining corridors of insurgency, kidnappings, robberies, herdsmen and
farmers clashes.
“We have reset our national
values: corruption is no longer condoned and is no longer seen as normal for
public office holders. The agencies of government are no longer equivocal in
dealing with anyone who flouts our laws.
“The high and low are receiving
jail terms, loots are being recovered, and Nigerians are increasingly
displaying the timeless values of honesty, honour and decency.
“I congratulate us all for making
these changes possible. Our economy has become a prudently managed enterprise.
Our resources are now working for us, as we ensure the delivery of key national
infrastructure, which were left unattended over these past years.”
He said the direct impact of his administration’s
policies on improvements in roads, railways, and power supply were evident,
adding that there is greater evidence of economic diversification seen in
growing local production of agricultural produce and solid minerals.
“Our government has succeeded in
the last four years in halting national drift, removing the shadow of
insecurity and fear dominating our life and reviving our economy from decline
to stability and growth,” the president said.
“The macroeconomic health of our
economy, indicated by several measurable factors such as a stable exchange
rate, lower inflation, growing foreign reserves, has been applauded by
independent local and international rating agencies.”
The president assured that he
will leave a legacy of free and fair elections.
He noted that the quality of
elections since 2015 had continued to improve with declining levels of problems
that had defined elections in the past.
“We have insisted that votes must
count and have maintained a policy of non-interference in elections,” he said.
“INEC has so far since 2015,
conducted fair and credible elections in 195 constituencies nationwide, which
have been attested nationwide to be qualitatively better than previous
elections.
“Let me reiterate my commitment
to free and fair elections. If there is one legacy I want to leave is the
enthronement of democracy as a system of government. And for democracy to be
enthroned, elections must be free and fair.
“That means citizens have a right
to vote for candidates of their choice without intimidation in any form. I have
warned INEC and security agencies to that effect.
“We will keep insisting that
votes must count. Our campaigns will be anchored on our performance in the last
four years.”
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