I’m slow to avoid mistakes, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday responded to
criticisms on the pace of his administration, saying he
adopted the ‘slow’ style deliberately so that he would not
make mistakes.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant
on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President
gave the explanation while receiving a delegation of
Women in Politics Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
While defending the records of the administration in
response to criticism that it is slow, Buhari was quoted as
arguing that steps must be taken with caution to avoid
mistakes.
He said any mistake by his administration would be a
disaster for the country.
“People say we are slow. We are trying to change
structures put in place by our predecessors in office for 16
years. If we hurry it, we will make mistakes. That will be a
disaster,” the President said.
While decrying the spate of terrorism in the North East,
Buhari told his guests that a committee to rehabilitate
infrastructure and resettle Internally Displaced Persons in
that part of the country would soon be inaugurated.
He said the committee, which would be led by Lt.- Gen.
Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) would also include Alhaji Aliko
Dangote.
He added that all forms of assistance in this respect
generated locally and from foreign countries as promised
by the G-7 would be channelled through the committee
when it is inaugurated.
He said that he had compiled a list of damaged
infrastructure, including schools and bridges and handed it
to the leaders of the G7 and the United States, adding that
“I didn’t ask for a Kobo (in cash). It is up to them to
choose what they will undertake. Already, some of them
have sent teams to verify our assertions.”
Buhari regretted that women and children are the worst
victims of the Boko Haram sect.
He said, “In the North-East, what I saw for myself and on
those clips is a source of concern for people with
conscience.
“They are mostly women, and children who are orphaned.
Some of them don’t even know where they come from.
This is the pathetic situation in which the country has
found itself.”
The President also said that the fight for the return of the
Chibok girls is ongoing and “continues to be a most
worrying issue” to his government.
He promised that his administration would do all within its
powers in making the best efforts to secure their freedom.
The President acknowledged the case made by the WIPF
for better representation of women in his government and
assured that women would fare well in the composition of
parastatals and their boards in the first quarter of the year.
He also assured them that the country has a budget
proposal for the new year that is good for employment and
manufacturing.
“By the end of the second quarter, the full impact of these
positive measures will be felt,” he told the visiting women.
The WIPF, made up of women leaders from 26 registered
political parties led by Ebere Ifendu of the Labour Party
expressed their full support for the government’s war on
corruption and insecurity.
They asked the administration to enact laws to promote
gender equality as well as action towards the
implementation of the Violence Against Persons
Prohibition Act.
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Created at 16/02/13
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