Boss Mustapha, secretary to the
government of the federation (SGF), says the tough decisions President
Muhammadu Buhari will take during his second term, will be in the interest of
Nigeria.
Speaking with reporters in Yola,
capital of Adamawa, Mustapha allayed fears that the second term of Buhari would
be tough on Nigerians.
Buhari had said his second term
would be tough, sparking tension in some quarters.
But the SGF described the
president as a good man, who had the trust of ordinary Nigerians and would like
to see improvement in their lives, while the nation moved to the next level.
Mustapha also identified the ban
on rice and fertilizer importation as one of the tough decisions taken by the
government and which yielded positive results by boosting local production,
among other things.
“When we came to power in 2015
about 27 states couldn’t pay salaries; we had to take tough decisions like
giving them bail-out and Paris Club refund. These are tough decisions,”
Mustapha said.
“By such tough decisions we are
able to raise the number of rice farmers from 4 million to 12 million and we
are about 98 per cent self-sufficient in rice.
“Due to the establishment of many
fertilizer blending plants after we banned the importation of fertilizer, the
product is now available and the prize is going down.”
The SGF said anti-graft
institutions such as Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) as
well as the Code of Conduct Bureau were being strengthened to tackle
corruption.
He said the strengthening of such
institutions, corruption would be nipped in the bud.
“It’s better to prevent it
(corruption) instead of spending a lot of money prosecuting corruption cases,”
Mustapha said.
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