President
Muhammadu Buhari said Nigerians are, no matter how grudgingly, accepting that
his administration is doing its best.
Buhari’s
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, quoted him
as saying this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday, while hosting the
president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow.
“We
took over from a party that had been in power for 16 years. During those
years, the country earned an unprecedented amount of money as revenue, never
seen at any time before. It is noteworthy that, no matter how grudgingly,
the people are accepting that we are doing our best,” Buhari said.
Buhari
expressed disappointment that he and other leaders of the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS) had to use strong-arm tactics to get Yahya Jammeh,
the former Gambian president, out of office after failing to win re-election.
“We
had to go through those actions because it was the only option for Nigeria and
ECOWAS,” President Buhari told Mr Barrow, who succeeded Jammeh.
Barrow
was quoted as saying that he came to thank Nigeria and its leader in person for
ensuring the completion of the democratic process in his country, which had
stalled then following the refusal of Jammeh to accept the election results.
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