Nobody can blackmail me on ill-gotten wealth, enrichment, Buhari boasts
By Njadvara MUSA, Damaturu
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that nobody can blackmail him on ill-gotten wealth and enrichment, while serving the country.
According to him; “I do not have a square-inch outside Nigeria, the country I’ve been serving for about eight years of democracy and good governance.”
Buhari disclosed this on Monday in Damaturu, at a dinner organised after inaugurating several completed projects in the health, security, education, transport and housing sectors of the economy in Yobe.
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Other projects commissioned by the President included the Damaturu Modern Market (DMM) with over 250 shops, Maternal and Child Healthcare Complex at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital, Police administrative office, hospital and school and the Bra-bra over 2,350 across the state.
While inaugurating the Cargo Airport and the new market, the air conditioning and toilets facilities are not functioning in the airport lounge and terminals.
The DMM frontal market shops were completed, but the rear ones are yet to be completed by the contractors for the remaining 250 shops including the abattoir.
Buhari, therefore, commended Buni for completing the capital projects that could improve the living conditions of the people.
“They will take advantage of the return of peace and security in the state by executing people-oriented projects,” he said.
The President described the Governor; “as a very competent and courageous leader in the state.
“I am lucky to have him in the saddle as the political leader in Yobe.”
He added that the Governor also supported the Federal Government, the Armed Forces, Police and other security agencies to decimate Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Northeast.
The President also acknowledged the cooperation of Nigeria’s neighbours in the fight against terrorism.
He recalled that his first visit outside the country in 2015; was to Niger and Chad, to garner support on tackling the misguided terror groups
President Buhari thanked the Governor and people of Yobe State, including Senate President Ahmed Lawan, for their warm reception during the two-day state visit.
He, therefore, urged the citizens to remain patriotic, adding that they have no other country than Nigeria.
“We must all stay here and salvage it together’’ he declared.
He said that the most critical security challenge inherited by the administration about eight years ago; was the potent and pervasive threats of terrorism, banditry and kidnappings across the country.
Despite all these, the President expressed delight that normalcy has returned to the insurgency affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
He lamented the threats and losses, particularly the ones that are pervasive across the North East region.
According to him, Yobe state is the most hit by the terrorists operating in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad region.
He, therefore, declared that he has fulfilled the commitment made to Nigerians in his May 29, 2015 inaugural address to “frontally and courageously” tackle Boko Haram terrorists and stabilize the country.
