The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari,
has assured Nigerians that he would not
condone looting of their common patrimony. He
also promised to handle state resources with
utmost responsibility and honesty.
Buhari said this while receiving a delegation of
the people of his home-state, Katsina, who came
to congratulate him on his election as President,
at his campaign office, in Abuja, on Saturday.
He expressed his regret that the citizens had
been impoverished by 16-year maladministration
by the Peoples Democratic Party despite that the
country received more income in the period than
at any other time in the country’s history.
The President-elect said savings from his war
against corruption would be ploughed into
education, with the objective of empowering the
citizens.
A statement issued by the Director of Media and
Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Mr. Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as
saying, “If you give education to a man or
woman, you have empowered them to be
productive. There is no better way to
empowerment.”
Buhari equally expressed his commitment to
multi-party democracy as the best system of
government, while he appealed to all citizens to
imbibe courage and perseverance.
These virtues, he said, stood him in good stead
in bringing victory to him after failing three times
in the past presidential elections.
The leaders of the delegation included the state
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,
Katsina State, Mustapha Inuwa; a former
Governor of Katsina, Saidu Barda; a leading
Muslim cleric; a representative of federal
legislators; and a representative of the traditional
institutions in the state.
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