President Muahmmed Buhari has
reacted to allegation by his critics of being slow in taking the country out of
its economic woes.
The President who apparently was
reacting to those allegedly accusing his administration of being too slow in
tackling the nation’s challenges said: “It’s not Baba (Buhari) that is
slow but it is the system. So, I am going by this system and I hope we will
make it.”
The president announced that he
would soon embark on aggressive campaign for the 2019 Presidential Election,
saying that the campaign would start with visits to each of the six
geo-political zones of the country.
According to him, the three areas of
focus with which he campaigned in 2015 are still very relevant today, adding
that he will continue to focus on the fight against corruption, tackling
insecurity and improving the economy.
“We are watching the Independent
National Electoral Commission very seriously and we are going out very soon; we
will go from geo-political zone to geo-political zone, to remind the people of
our promises in 2015.
“These three fundamental things
include security, because you have to secure the country before you can govern
it and talking about what we have done regarding securing the country, the
people of the North-east know better.
“The three fundamental things we
campaigned with are still very relevant.
“On improving the economy, which we
are still going to explore, we have done well in agriculture, and those who
embraced farming are not regretting it and we have also addressed unemployment
and we are very lucky, through that we are now attaining food security.
“The third thing with which we will
campaign is the issue of corruption.
“I told you what I did when I was in
uniform but now when I have to go by this system (Democracy,) where people have
to be arrested and then prosecuted, taken to court and then with evidence, we
will collect back what they had taken illegally and for doing that, people are
calling me Baba go slow.
“I am going slowly but whatever the
case, I will not stop pointing fingers at those who have abused trust by taking
money that does not belong to them.
