- As Nigeria celebrates its 57th
Independence celebration on October 1,
2017, President has addressed the nation
- In his speech he thanked Nigerians for
their support and said it was important to
remember the journey of Nigeria
- He also spoke on the fight against
corruption and the progresses his
government has made
President Muhammadu Buhari is
currently addressing Nigerians live on
national television today, October 1
At 7:00am, President Buhari began by
saying: "October 1st remains an
important date for all Nigerians, as the
day we attained one of the most
important desire of humans -freedom. It
is day for celebration and rededication."
He also said: "The PDP government
squandered the government's resources
and we were left with no savings and
depleted infrastructure deficit."
Speaking on the APC campaign, he said:
"The APC government’s campaign
rallying cry to restore security, re-
balance the economy and fight
corruption was not all rhetoric.
"The country must first be secured. The
economy must be re-balanced so that we
do not depend on oil alone. We must
fight corruption which is Nigeria’s
number one enemy. Our administration
is tackling these tasks in earnest.
At 7:04am, speaking on the agitations
and calls for restructuring, he said:
"Many irresponsible groups are calling
for a rerun of the civil war, those doing
this were not born by 1967.
"As a young Army Officer, I took part
from the beginning to the end in our
tragic civil war costing about 2m lives,
resulting in fearful destruction and
untold suffering. Those who are
agitating for a re-run were not born by
1967 and have no idea of the horrendous
consequences of the civil conflict which
we went through.
"I am very disappointed that responsible
leaders of these communities do not
warn their hot-headed youths what the
country went through. Those who were
there should tell those who were not
there, the consequences of such folly."
President Buhari also said: We have
increased funding to homegrown school
feeding programme
"We expected the fight against
corruption to be difficult, we expected
corrupt people to fight back, we have
done our best to fight, including using
the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
"Justice Malami has been appointed to
help improve the judiciary and sancytion
any udges found corrupt.
"Fighting coruption is important. I call
on all Nigerians to fight corruption by
refusing and not asking for bribes and
also by whistle blowing.
"As we enter the second term, we intend
to accelerate progress. Thank you and
happy holidays. God bless our country."
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