President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to bear with his administration and give him time as he and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo begin a search for ways to reconstruct the country.
According to him, it had become necessary to make the appeal because of the damage that had been done to the system prior to their coming on board.
The new president made the appeal in his remarks at the inauguration gala night held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to Buhari, the enormous damage inflicted on the country could easily be appreciated by comparing the nation’s infrastructure in 1999 with what currently prevails.
“I ask Nigerians to please bear with us. A lot of damage has been done. You can look at our infrastructure in 1999 and now, you will appreciate this,” he said.
Buhari called on Nigerians to pray for the country more than they were currently doing.
“Nigerians pray a lot; we need to even pray the more for luck so that the expectations our people have, especially the youths, would be met”, he said.
He promised to seek the supports of Europe, America and Nigeria’s neighbours in tackling the unemployment and security problems confronting the country.
He noted that if the country was enmeshed in crisis, the backlash on neighbouring countries would be monumental.
“Nigeria has to be well secured and efficiently managed; this is what the APC is all about.
“This was why the legacy parties made the sacrifice of jettisoning their personal ambitions, tried to come together and took the bull by the horn and therefore brought it down and slaughtered it literally”, added.
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