President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Katsina has dared agitators for the break up of the country to make any attempt and get burned. “Whoever wants to try it Bismillah,” he said.
Buhari who spoke when he visited the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabiru Usman, at his palace in Katsina, Katsina state, said Nigeria fought to keep the country united since 1966 and therefore would not tolerate any move to disintegrate the country.
“We fought a civil war in Nigeria in 1966 to keep this country united, a lot of people close to two million lost their lives.
How can people who were not born when the civil war was fought now turn around and say they want to break away. Whoever wants to try it Bismillah”.
He called on Nigerians to ignore those individuals and groups calling for the break-up of the country due to their inability to achieve their selfish goals.
The President who narrated the role he played during the civil war in Nigeria, said over two million lives were lost during the war.
Buhari similarly assured that his administration would not betray Nigerians and that the government was doing all within its powers to correct the misdeed of the past.
Buhari further vowed that whoever stole public funds would be forced to return them, adding that the government would not tolerate looters.
He advised people to go back to farm or take to petty businesses as a way of earning their means of livelihood, which he said is better than stealing at whatever level.
The president also admonished Nigerians to be patient with the present administration noting that the government came in at a difficult time when the global economy was facing serious problems.
He also charged traditional rulers across the country to spearhead the campaign for peaceful and harmonious co-existence among the diverse socio-political groups in the country.
Buhari, who is on a four day state visit to Katsina state, said the call had become imperative in view of the activities of some groups, who had been preaching hatred, disunity and divisive tendencies among Nigerians for their selfish motives.
He also expressed concerns over the prevailing harsh economic realities across the country just as he called on the traditional rulers to assist in educating their subjects on the need to be patient and to always exercise restraints while commenting on state of the nation.
The President also called on community leaders across the country to introduce monthly or quarterly meeting in their respective communities to address issues concerning their welfare.
Buhari enjoined leaders to always be honest and straightforward while dealing with the people in order to ensure good upbringing of the younger ones in the society.
On the current economic hardship being experienced in the country, the president attributed such hardship to dwindling oil revenue occasioned by the unstable global oil price.
He, therefore, called on Nigerians to diversify their means of livelihood by engaging in agricultural activities to alleviate their sufferings.
The president, who reiterated the determination of his administration to recover Nigeria’s stolen funds, reassured that the ongoing war against corruption was not selective but aimed at ensuring financial and economic discipline in the country.
In his remarks, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman called on the Federal Government to fulfill its promises of completing the dredging of River Niger as well as the Katsina state water and dam projects to boost irrigation farming in the state.
The Emir enjoined the Nigerians, particularly the elites, to support and show more understanding to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration by offering special prayers for the success of the government.
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