President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reassured Nigerians that his
administration was committed to removing “the hardships the country is
going through.”
In a Sallah message to Nigerians to mark Monday’s Eid-el-Kabir, Mr. Buhari
explained that “the present recession is as a result of cumulative effects
of worldwide economic downturn and failure in the past to plan and save
for difficult times.”
“It is impossible to separate the present from the past to appreciate the
extent to which mistakes of the past are affecting everyday life today,”
he said.
He highlighted various sectors his administration was working on to
improve the life of Nigerians.
Read the president’s full statement below:
Fellow Compatriots, as you celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir, I salute your
steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times the country is
going through.
The lessons of the Eid are piety and sacrifice and, my dear brothers and
sisters, you have exhibited these in equal measure.
The present recession is as a result of cumulative effects of worldwide
economic downturn and failure in the past to plan and save for difficult
times. It is impossible to separate the present from the past to
appreciate the extent to which mistakes of the past are affecting everyday
life today.
I assure you that this administration is working round the clock to remove
the hardships the country is going through. Rail and road constructions,
projects in the housing sector, support for farmers and for small and
medium scale industries, youth and women’s empowerment programmes, support
for revival of industries are all designed to reinvigorate the economy and
enhance living standards of ordinary people.
We are getting security right. We are stopping corruption in its tracks
and we will get the economy right by the Grace of God.
I enjoin Muslims to live by the dictates of Islam, to keep good
relationships with their Christian brothers and sisters and as patriots to
maintain the spirit of the Nigerian nation.
I wish everyone happy holidays.
Muhammadu Buhari