“Leave Nigeria If You Have Another Country” – Buhari
said any Nigeria who has another country to
relocate to is free to do so.
On his part, he said he would stay back to
solve the nation’s position.
According to a statement by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
Garba Shehu, the President spoke while
addressing Niger Delta stakeholders at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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“We are determined to make life comfortable
and affordable to all Nigerians. If anybody
has a country to go to, let him go, we will
stay here and salvage our country,” Shehu
quoted the President as saying.
Buhari was said to have told the leaders of
the Niger Delta that they had more to do
than anyone else to bring peace to the
region, given the influence they have on
militant groups.
He expressed the determination of his
administration to stay focused on its key
campaign promises of securing the country,
fighting corruption and creating jobs through
the improvement of the economy.
He said peace, security, investment and
prosperity are linked together, adding that “if
we give peace a chance, investors will come
here to invest. Nobody will invest in an
insecure environment.”
Buhari said the problems his administration
found on the ground were many, as
illustrated in collapse of oil prices, inability of
27 of the 36 states to pay salaries, absence
of savings to fall back and having to deal
with an elite who didn’t seem to care.
All these, he said, made his government to
conclude that, “life as usual is no longer
affordable.”
In welcoming the 16-point request presented
for negotiation by the Niger Delta leaders,
Buhari said he was still expecting reports
from officials he had instructed to review the
implementation of the Amnesty programme
to determine where government fell short so
that amends can be made.
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The President said the service chiefs were
putting together their own assessment of the
militancy situation, saying “when I have these
reports, including this one (just presented),
we will revisit the situation (in the region) to
ensure that we succeed this time.”
The President who delivered his report card
on the war against corruption and the efforts
to secure the country repeated his call to the
Niger Delta leaders to join the administration
in bringing peace to the troubled region.
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