Buhari Commends Military Action against Boko Haram; Restates Commitment to end Corruption
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has commended the country’s security agencies for the success so far recorded against the Boko Haram Terrorist sect, saying if he is elected, the concept of security will be holistic.
Buhari who was speaking at an APC’s Town Hall meeting on security in Abuja on Wednesday, also talked about the wave of corruption in the country and cited that “a currupt government is worse than armed robbery”.
He stated that the fight against terrorism also involves sound economic management which includes zero tolerance for corruption as well as leadership by example.
Buhari said, “The total security concept reflects directly on improving the quality of the lives of our people and rebuilding the economy.
“Even if we have the best police, we will not be able to guarantee total security as long as 53 per cent of our youths remain unemployed and 70 per cent of our people are living below the poverty line.
“These are all the issues that my party and myself are committed to. It is along this line that we have promised a regretting plan for the North East of Nigeria. It is based on ensuring that never again will our country experience the type of human tragedy currently going on in that part of the country.”
He explained that during his time as military head of state, although short, he increased Nigeria’s refineries from one with a capacity to refine 50,000 barrel per day to four with refining capacity of 450,000 barrel per day without debt.
He also spoke of how he resisted foreign and domestic pressures to devalue the Naira and remove subsidy on petroleum products in December 1983.
