Nigrians have nothing to do with poverty, Buhari says..

President Muhammadu Buhari at the opening of the 45th Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, in Abuja, said Nigerians have no business with destitution given the colossal assets the nation has. He then guaranteed to take fitting allots to stamp debasement and reposition Nigeria as a prosperous country that can satisfactorily provide food for its nationals.


The President, who was spoken to by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Anastasia Nwaobia, faulted the neediness in the area for mis-administration and absence of straightforwardness.

In the interim, previous Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, has prescribed necessary presentation of advantages for every single main officer in the official arm of government as a method for checking the danger of debasement. President Buhari said the country's capacity to make riches had progressively been hampered by absence of good administration and responsibility in the administration of open assets at all levels before.

Buhari said:

"As favored as we are as a country, Nigerians should not be being delegated poor. Yet, through the avarice of some unpatriotic few, our district has been gravely ravaged for the sake of open administration. "Our capacity as a country to make riches has progressively been hampered by the absence of judiciousness, straightforwardness and genuineness in the administration of open assets by some of those endowed with the obligation of administration at all levels before, such a great amount of that amidst bounty, Nigerians are presently enduring extraordinary hardship.

"This ought not be permitted to proceed. The venture called Nigeria must be given our everything. The country should and must leave the throes of neediness and underdevelop-ment in light of the fact that I trust we are actually bound for enormity.''

He communicated positive thinking of an eminent future, and encouraged Nigerians not to flourish with the fantasy that the fight for enthronement of the right values will be simple.

He said:

"Debasement will unquestionably battle back'. Be that as it may, he said his organization is steadfast in its yearning to impact an adjustment in the country's quality framework.

''To accomplish this, we should altogether take steps to construct today for an euphoric tomorrow. I am idealistic that the sublime day break we all desire for won't be long in coming.

"However, we are unafraid in our dedication to impact change in our worth framework. We will give the fight our everything to ensure triumph,'' he said.

Buhari said he would show others how its done by trying to live above board, and guaranteed to redesign the administration of people in general area to further incite straightforwardness and enhance efficiency out in the open administration...

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