President Muhammadu
Buhari on Friday said that with the quantum of problems his administration
inherited, he sometimes wondered why he had to seek power at this time.
Buhari spoke
in London while addressing members of the Nigerian community in the United
Kingdom.
Punch obtained
a transcript of the President’s address to the gathering on Friday.
Buhari said
he wondered why oil, which used to sell for over $140 per barrel, would reduce
to $30 per barrel during his time as the President.
Notwithstanding
the problem, however, Buhari said he kept praying to God to be merciful to the
over 170 million Nigerians who are exposed to poverty, illiteracy and other
social ills.
He said,
“With the problems we have in this government, I sometimes wonder. At least,
this time around, I asked for it, I prayed for it, I went round the country and
I asked for it. But the first time under the military, I allowed the military
to take decision.
“But I say
why me? Why is it that it is when they have spent all the money, when they made
the country insecure that I returned?
“Why didn’t
I come when the treasury was full? Oil price was over $140 per barrel and when
I came, it slipped down to $30. Why me?
“I keep on
praying to God to pity Nigeria and its over 170 million people who are exposed
to climate change, illiteracy and poverty.”
The
President, however, said his administration had succeeded in mopping up over
N2.2trn as of January through the Treasury Single Account arrangement.
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