Nigerian President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has given his assurances to Nigerians that he will handle state resources with utmost responsibility, honesty & would not condone the looting of public resources,according to a report carried by LIB.
He was reported to have said this while receiving a delegation of the people from his home state, Katsina, who came to congratulate him on his recent victory at the polls. President-elect Muhammadu Buhari told his visitors that savings from his war against corruption would be invested into the educational sector with the ultimate aim of educating and empowering Nigerian citizens.
In his words; “If you give education to a man or woman, you have empowered them to be productive. There is no better way to empowerment,” Mr. Buhari said. The President-elect, who cracked jokes with his old schoolmates and kinsmen among the 130 delegation, spoke about his resolve to work with all Nigerians to pull Nigerians out of the current hardships facing them and into the part of progress and massive sustainable economic development.
Gen. Buhari also expressed his commitment to multi-party democracy as the best system of government and appealed to all citizens to imbibe courage and perseverance, virtues he said, stood him in good stead in earning him victory after failing three times in the past presidential elections.
The leaders of the delegation, who spoke on the occasion, included the state Chairman of the Katsina State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mustapha Inuwa; a former Governor of the state, Saidu Barda, a leading Muslim cleric, a representative of federal legislators and a representative of the traditional rulers from his state.
They all pledged their support and commitment to the in-coming Buhari administration and promised to avoid the mistakes of others by imbibing humility and respect for all sections of the country
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