President Buhari Urges Nigerians To Exercise Patience

President Muhammadu Buhari advised Nigerins to exercise patience because “the task of rebuilding Nigeria is an arduous one.”

Meanwhile, the president said he would do all within his powers to guarantee that they would not regret trusting national responsibility to him by electing him during the March 28 presidential poll.

Buhari stated that his government was capable of fixing the nation’s problems.

He made the suggestion in an address he delivered to members of the Nigerian community in Niger during his visit to the neighbour country.

A copy of his speech was made obtainable to journalists in Abuja by his aide, Mallam Garba Shehu.

President Buhari told Nigerians that his administration was just coming on board and was still in the procedure of setting out suitable modalities on how to actualise its plan of restoring Nigeria as contained in the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress.

He stated that Nigerians voted for him based on the party’s manifesto.

The president repeated his position that to enable faster development, his government would focus on problems of insecurity, near economic collapse, widespread corruption and power scarcity.

He said: “I want to reassure (you) that we are going to tackle these challenges head on.

“Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us.

“We must not succumb to hopelessness and defeatism. We can fix our problems.

“However, daunting as the task to surmount these challenges may be, they are by no means insurmountable.

“There is now a national consensus that our chosen route to national development is democracy. To achieve our objectives, we must consciously work to improve the democratic system.”

President Buhari also assured them that his administration would be firm in ensuring that the country’s recovered its desirable position among the comity of nations.

Meanwhile, he said he wanted all Nigerians, comprising those in the Diaspora, to partner his government in order to realise the dream.

“I want to conclude by urging you to continue to remain law-abiding and to continue to be good ambassadors of the country as we embark on the journey of rebirth, development, evolution and integration,” Buhari concluded.

It was said that talks would concentrate on partnership to limit the activities of the terrorists and forge a common front on the cross-border crisis.