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| Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) |
he President-elect, General Muhammadu
Buhari, has assured Nigerians that he would not condone looting of their
common patrimony. He also promised to handle state resources with
utmost responsibility and honesty.
Buhari said this while receiving a
delegation of the people of his home-state, Katsina, who came to
congratulate him on his election as President, at his campaign office,
in Abuja, on Saturday.
He expressed his regret that the citizens
had been impoverished by 16-year maladministration by the Peoples
Democratic Party despite that the country received more income in the
period than at any other time in the country’s history.
The President-elect said savings from his
war against corruption would be ploughed into education, with the
objective of empowering the citizens.
A statement issued by the Director of
Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr.
Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as saying, “If you give education to a man or
woman, you have empowered them to be productive. There is no better way
to empowerment.”
Buhari equally expressed his commitment
to multi-party democracy as the best system of government, while he
appealed to all citizens to imbibe courage and perseverance.
These virtues, he said, stood him in good
stead in bringing victory to him after failing three times in the past
presidential elections.
The leaders of the delegation included
the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Katsina State,
Mustapha Inuwa; a former Governor of Katsina, Saidu Barda; a leading
Muslim cleric; a representative of federal legislators; and a
representative of the traditional institutions in the state.
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