President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday responded to criticisms on the alleged slow nature of his administration, saying he adopted the 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 will be led by Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) will 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 will be channeled 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 will 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.
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slow and steady

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easy does it

baba go slow....speed kills

Walexsammy:
baba go slow....speed kills

Am telling u Bro, dats y road safety always say drive to drive anoda day meaning speed kills

sai Baba!
all wailing wailers did not vote for u in the first place and they will continue to wail till you deliver.

Jilo83:
sai Baba!
all wailing wailers did not vote for u in the first place and they will continue to wail till you deliver.

keep living in fools paradise

baba you are the best thing happening to Nigeria now

Unlike in d days of Noah, d ark waited 4 d tortise bt sir, u have limited time and also stop telling us technically constructed lies

Walexsammy:
baba go slow....speed kills

may it be so with all your expectations! Say amen

Sure slow and steady but remember that there's time stipulated for everything! Maybe except CHANGE

Hiploko:
may it be so with all your expectations! Say amen

may ur expectations be wasted jst as the past admin led by dasuki wasted our economy...I can hear u say amen

Walexsammy:
may ur expectations be wasted jst as the past admin led by dasuki wasted our economy...I can hear u say amen

u dey fear amen? Hypocrite

Hiploko:
u dey fear amen? Hypocrite

can't hear ur loud amen 'mofo'