- President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his regime inherited security challenges and a bad economy
- The president said this on Wednesday in a statement made by his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday, May 30
- However, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the president's claim, saying that he met Africa's fastest growing economy in 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, May 30, stated that the present security situation and economic difficulties were inherited by his administration in 2015 from past regimes.
This was made public in a statement read by President Buhari's senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, during the reception of sierra Leone's new president, Julius Bio, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Punch reports.
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The statement said: “President Buhari noted that he shared a lot in common with the Sierra Leonean President, which includes ruling the country as a military general, contesting several elections as opposition and winning to face the challenges of security and an ailing economy,” the statement. In the statement, Buhari assured Bio of Nigeria's support to his country in any way possible.
President Buhari said: “We will continually stand by you to ensure stability in your country. We believe security in the West Coast region, Africa and the world should be a collective concern.”
Responding to the president's assurance, Bio said that his country remained grateful to Nigeria. He said: “Nigeria and Sierra Leone are two sister countries that have enjoyed a great relationship spanning over several years and this relationship has been tested severally.
“I came today to express our country’s gratitude to the Federal Republic of Nigeria for standing by us during our time of need, when we had the civil war.”
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted President Buhari's claim of inheriting a poor economy.
The PDP's national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who dismissed the president's claim in Abuja, said: “With all due respect, President Buhari inherited the fastest growing economy in Africa when he took over from the PDP administration in 2015.
“He came to power without a clear cut economic policy; his administration mismanaged the economy and threw up the recession we suffered.
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“At the earliest turn of his administration, he embarked on the de-marketing of our nation; he embarked on a foreign exchange policy which pursued a multiplicity of exchange rates which led to foreign investors leaving in their numbers.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported that Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, had spoken out about the government of Muhammadu Buhari and concluded that the president had not done enough in many respects.
Soyinka, reportedly expressed his frustration about the government at a press briefing where he spoke on the increasing agitation across the country following attacks by suspected armed herdsmen on farming communities.
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Source: Naija.ng