You are unfair to my administration, Buhari tells Nigerian elites
President Muhammed Buhari has accused Nigerian elites of being unfair to him by criticising him unjustly despite all the efforts and strides made by his administration in making the country better.
Penpushing reports that, Buhari pointed out this after he revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and flag off in Daura, his hometown located in Katsina State on Saturday.
“When we took over in the administration, production went down to about half a million barrels per day, the price collapsed. We had to do what is called a bailout, wherever we got the money from’.
‘Upon all the money from 1999 to 2014, we gave you money from the centre to pay salaries. No, Nigerian elites are not interested in rating the competence but they are interested in harassing us with all efforts we are making’, Buhari said.
“You, who are in the field in charge of your constituencies, you have to make efforts to convince the elites to please give us the due relevance and respect we deserve that we are working so hard with limited resources,” he emphaised
Penpushing further reports that, Buhari, however thanked the national caretaker committee chairman of the party “for shouldering the responsibilities of the APC”, and described the chairman of the committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, as “the most suitable person for the leadership position having served as the national secretary of the party for a long time before becoming governor.”
The President said the Governor knows the details of the party more than him by virtue of his long service as the secretary, and thanked him for contacting all members of the party and discussing its problems with them.
Penpushing also reports that, Buhari said his objective was to ensure “the party is returned to the people at the grassroots by starting from the bottom to the top from polling unit to ward to the local government to the state and then to Abuja”.
Meanwhile, the registration exercise, is expected to end with the display of registered members at all party wards and local governments from February 27 to March 1,and had its last membership registration and revalidation drive before the party came to power in 2015.
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