President Muhammadu Buhari used the occasion of Easter celebrations, yesterday, to reassure Nigerians that his administration will deliver on its change agenda. Buhari explained that this government had not derailed from the promise he made during electioneering campaign, pointing out that, with
the passage of the 2016 Budget, better days are ahead.
Governors Akinwumi Ambode (Lagos), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Willie Obiano (Anambra) and Abdulfatah Ahmed
(Kwara) also preached unity, love and tolerance. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Senate Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio; leader of Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olorogun Otega Emerhor; (Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); and its governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Otunba Gbenga Otolorin Elegbeleye, also greeted Christians on the celebrations.
In his Easter message, Buhari said: “The National Assembly has just passed the 2016 Budget. I assure all Nigerians that we will do our utmost best to ensure that the budget, the first since my election as President, is efficiently and successfully implemented towards achieving our objective of faster
economic growth and development. “I thank the vast majority of Nigerians for their patience and understanding in the first ten months of this administration.
“As we go forward, I assure you all that we are working very hard to overcome the challenges we encountered on assumption of office. We are moving on with an unshaken resolve and determination to deliver on the mandate you gave us on March 28, last year.”
While recalling with regrets the orgy of violence and political killings that characterized the past, the President said his administration would not
accept the vice, saying that security agencies had been repositioned to fight them. Atiku, in his own message, enjoined Nigerians to be strong amidst current difficulties, assuring that better times would soon come. In the statement released in Abuja by the Atiku Media Office, the former VP said that the message of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection was a perfect analogy for the current situation in Nigeria today encouraging Nigerians not to lose hope.
Source: Vanguard
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