President Muhammdu Buhari on Friday called for patience with his administration, stating that he feels the pains of Nigerians and that he was working towards turning the hardship around. Buahari made the appeal in Lagos during the Vanguard Personality Award ceremony where he was jointly honoured with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan as Personality of the Year, 2015.
Represented by the Minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Buhari said, “Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, let me use this opportunity to tell our compatriots that this administration is keenly aware of the difficulties they are facing at this time, resulting mostly from the fuel scarcity, poor power supply, inflation etc.
“As a government that was propelled into office by the power of the people, we cannot but feel the pains of our compatriots, and we deeply empathise with them. We are working round the clock to ease the pains of Nigerians, and the efforts of the government have started yielding fruits as we seek to make the petroleum products available nationwide, restore gas supply to the power generating firms, reflate the economy and put Nigerians back to work.
“We understand that Nigerians have started questioning whether this indeed is the CHANGE they voted for, while some have even gone as far as saying that by voting for our party, Nigerians have entered one chance.
“Well, I can tell Nigerians that our CHANGE AGENDA is real, and that indeed, they will get the change they voted for. Nigerians have not entered One Chance, because the One Chance drivers and their conductors have been driven out of town.
“While we cannot but provide context for the challenges being faced by our countrymen and women today, in the sense that it has taken years of mismanagement, corruption and inefficiency to get to this sorry pass, we make no excuses. After all the people voted for us so we can correct the mistakes of the past and enthrone good governance. We are doing just that. But we want our compatriots to realize that 16 years of rot cannot be cleaned up overnight. It is much easier to destroy than to build. But we are determined to rebuild our country and to make life more abundant for our people.
“Change is a process, and that process has begun. We commend Nigerians for their perseverance. We urge them not to lose their confidence in the ability of this Administration to bring about the much-needed change. The pains of today are temporary, and will soon give way to abundance joy as we put our country firmly on the path of sustainable growth and development.”
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Posted: at 9-04-2016 11:43 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
BournIdentity at 9-04-2016 11:48 AM (9 years ago) (m)
I feel u ,,, presido
Posted: at 9-04-2016 11:48 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
I get time all these nonesense grammer? I told them when they were busy shouting "CHANGE!!!" now it's "CHAIN" whe shall you sit down and think of your country's problems talkless of solution? You want to break the world's records in travelling abi?
Thunder fire you.
Posted: at 9-04-2016 01:02 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Story for the gods. twisted brain President. you lack vision and wisdom to deliver Nigeria. rather you will cause more hoodlums to the country people. lt is only twisted brain like you will believe your cock an bull stories.
Posted: at 9-04-2016 02:00 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
We are very disappointed with this administration, bcoz since his assumption to office up to now we are suffering and he has nothing to say. bcoz this is almost a year now.
Posted: at 9-04-2016 02:55 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
You are not serious at all. This is more than one chance. Well you promised change. But we all thought is a positive change. The change was not specified. Not knowing that you guys mean negative change. Buharia, Buharia, Buharia, how many times did i call you
Posted: at 9-04-2016 03:36 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Sir, great leaders don't complain rather they fix, Obama inherited more worst situation than dis but 2day he turned things around, we all know that it can't be fixed overnight but pls sir start somewhere or show us ur plan so that we can still hv hope, sorry to disagree wit u sir, U don't feel our pain cuz u ain't wearing d same shoes wit us
Posted: at 9-04-2016 04:06 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
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