President -elect Muhammdu Buhari
is confident that there will be
positive changes in the policy
.
But he is pleading for
understanding , urging the
citizenry not to expect immediate
results from his administration
when it takes office on May 29 .
Gen . Buhari spoke yesterday at his
Daura , Katsina State home when
Jigawa State Governor-elect Alhaji
Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar ,
senators -elect and would-be
House of Representatives
members from the state visited
him .
The president -elect urged
Nigerians to exercise patience ,
saying corrective policies would
take time to achieve results.
He reiterated his administration ’s
commitment to fighting economic
sabotage , bribery , corruption and
insecurity .
His words: “ People should not
expect change immediately
because of accumulation of
problems in the country. There is
need for more time and prayer
from the public for the incoming
administration to handle matters
and bring change .
“ I am affirming my commitment to
fighting economic sabotage,
insecurity , bribery and corruption .”
Abubakar said they were in Daura
to reiterate their loyalty and
support for the president-elect .
He said the state would support
the incoming All Progressives
Congress ( APC ) government ’s
policies to bring positive change .
The governor -elect was
accompanied by his deputy , Alhaji
Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia , the three
senators -elect and 11 would-be
members of the House of
Representatives , who won on APC
platform , as well as the party’s
leaders and the officials of the
National Association of Chamber
of Commerce , Industries , Mines
and Agriculture ( NACCIMA) .
What will be the priority areas of
the incoming federal government ?
The fine -tuning of the mid-term
and long -term plans was at the
centre of discussions yesterday as
the All Progressives Congress
( APC ) National Working Committee
( NWC ) met for many hours in
Abuja .
The meeting due to end today, will
make recommendations to
President -elect Muhamadu Buhari ,
according to National Publicity
secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed .
“ All we discussed was to make
recommendations on how the
transition committee should hit
the ground running; what should
be immediate mid -term and long
term priority of government .
“ This government is not going to
be like before, we discussed
serious issues and honestly, I am
telling you what we discussed
since morning has been what
should be the priority of
government . Power sharing was
not discussed… We are going to
resume the discussion tomorrow ” .
On how the on the transition
committee which will interface
with the federal government ’s
team he said “ I don ’t even know
the members myself, because we
only made recommendations to
the President -elect” , Mohammed
said .
Speaking on the governorship
elections, Mohammed said: “ We
are not satisfied with what
happened in Akwa Ibom, what
happened in Rivers , we are very
dissatisfied with what happened in
Taraba state , we are waiting to see
what is going to happen in Imo
and I think tomorrow the candidate
in Taraba state is going to address
the media on what happened in
her state ” .
Asked to confirm reports the
President elect will prone down
the number of ministries , he said:
“ Nothing like that was ever
discussed .”
