Why We Are Running ‘Slow Government’ – Buhari

All Progressives Congress leader, President Buhari
has admitted that the responsibilities of governance
have weighed down the progress rate of his
administration.

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why his
government is still ‘slow’ after almost three years in
power.

Buhari said his team met a ‘weighty responsibility’ on
ground and needed to take time to study the situation
before setting out to implement its plans for the
country’s recovery.

The president made this statement on Wednesday
when governors, political leaders and other
stakeholders from the North-Central geo-political zone
came to ask him (Buhari) to consider re-presenting
himself for the 2019 presidential election.

In his remarks, President Muhammadu Buhari, who
was represented by the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, assured that
the economy was set to be on a better pedestal.

Buhari said, When you elected us into office, you
did so with the conviction that our dear nation needed
to be put on a new pedestal for the dreams conceived
by our founding fathers, dreams that we have adopted
to be realized.

The full weight of this responsibility informed our
careful, slow and steady start to the governance of
Nigeria in the last 30 months. We took a deliberate
decision to take a closer look at the situation we found
before setting out to implement our plans for the
country’s recovery.

We are convinced of the need to establish a firm
foundation upon which a united, peaceful and
prosperous nation can be built for succeeding
generations of Nigerians. I remain very grateful to all
Nigerians for their patience and understanding as we
go through the difficult steps necessary to achieve this
objective.

We are aware that the journey has been difficult in
the last two and half years, but we have managed to
stop the downward spiral and can confidently assert
that the worst is over.

Nigeria is back on the path to growth, having eased
out of recession. We shall continue to vigorously
pursue the task of diversifying the nation’s economy to
remove our over-reliance on oil, while making the
land set for all enterprising Nigerians to survive and
thrive.

Toward this end, we shall continue to count on the
unflinching support and understanding in every area,
especially those of you who trooped out to convince
fellow countrymen and women of our sincere
commitment to the cause of Nigeria.