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President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will close the infrastructure gaps in the country before he leaves office.<\/div>\n
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\nHe added that unlike previous administrations, the borrowings made by his administration will be used to execute projects in order to considerably reduce the widened infrastructure gap in the country.<\/p>\n

The President spoke through his chief of staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, at the launching of a biography for former president of Africa\u2019s Business Roundtable, Dr Bamanga Tukur, in Abuja. The book is entitled \u2018Legacies of a Legend.\u2019<\/p>\n

Gambari, a former special adviser to the United Nations on Africa, hailed Tukur\u2019s role in the debt relief for African countries, just as he lamented that previously incurred debts were \u201cnot channeled into appropriate economic goods and services that directly lay the foundation upon which the economic growth will be experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cDebt, if properly contracted and utilised effectively, is an important instrument in the economic blueprint of a government in its policy making sphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur President is determined to execute these projects and ensure that before he departs office, under his watch, the infrastructure gap of Nigeria which was widened has been reduced considerably.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recalling Tukur\u2019s role in the seeking debt relief for Africa, he said \u201cDuring the latter part of my engagement there, I recalled Bamanga Tukur\u2019s activities with Tony Blair led Commission for Africa in 2004\/2005 and how that led to the 2005 G8 Summit landmark decision on debt cancellation for 32 African countries. Prior to that, many poor African countries were using a large portion of their little resources to service debt obligations.<\/p>\n

The benefits of debt cancellation was that many African countries were then able to free up resources which they previously channeled into debt servicing and deployed them into socio-economic and infrastructural projects. That explained the fact that shortly after, the fastest growing economy was from Africa which perfectly fuelled Africa\u2019s rising narrative.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my mind, many credits are not yet given to the role played by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur in the process. We must recognise that now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen Buba Marwa, described Tukur as a man of many parts, adding that<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was in active politics, he played it without bitterness and rancour. Tafida is a great father and a teacher,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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