Security agencies will protect you during polls, assures Buhari

Barely seven days to the general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the security agencies would protect them during and after the polls. He, however, advised youths not to allow desperate politicians use them to disrupt the elections, saying elections would come and go, but a better country to live in is of great importance.

Buhari, who spoke at a book presentation in honour of his achievement in the last almost four years, titled, ‘Nigeria on Firmer Ground: Towards Lasting Peace and Progress,’ yesterday, in Abuja, noted that history would remember his administration as one that did what it promised and charted the path for a future of which we can all be proud, adding that his administration had returned the economy to sustainable growth, degrading Boko Haram terrorists and boldly confronting corruption.

The President urged the electorate not to vote for a leader that would plunge the country into another economic crisis, where stealing and corruption had been the order of the day in their government, urging them to give his administration another four years to continue the change agenda it promised.

Buhari said: “Going round the country in the past weeks on our campaign stops, I believe that our message emphasising the need to stick to the winning team and not risk returning our country to irresponsible leadership at any level of government has resonated with the people.

“We have proved better managers of our national assets and the limited resources available to us than past administrations and we are committed to entrenching higher levels of accountability and transparency in the years ahead.

“Riding on the wave of the Change Agenda, which we anchored on making positive impact in the three priority areas of security, economy and fighting corruption, I am convinced that we have made real progress and poised to do more by taking Nigeria to the NEXT LEVEL of development, prosperity, peace and stability.”

Also speaking, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said Buhari has managed to return Nigeria to the path of growth, noting that the foreign exchange reserves have been rebuilt, inflation brought under control and our balance of trade steadily improved. 

Tinubu, represented by Dele Alake, added that true to his word, Buhari has achieved a lot in his time in office, despite strained financial condition due to shrunken oil prices.