NIGERIANS from all walks of life have slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his statement which they said suggested that he is a president for only All Progressives Congress Party(APC) and not for all Nigerians.

Mr. Ayodele Fafunwa, an electrical engineer at an oil and gas firm, said that Nigerians voted for Buhari at the presidential election and so he should not do selective governance.

“It is true he is an APC person but heshould know that he is a president for every Nigerian so for him to be championing building of housing units for only APC states is an indication that he is out for a selective governance.

“Buhari should ask every state irrespective of party in government to build housing for its teeming population and not the way he is going about it. It is Nigeria we are talking about and not APC as a country,” he said.

In the same vein, Mr. Chris Nwankwo, an insurance expert said that for Buhari to say that show the divisive tendency he is habouring adding that what is good for the geese is also good for the gander.

“Nigerian leaders must know how to carry everybody along. This is why people criticise the question of stateof origin and religion while filling employment and educational forms. It is wrong. What we should be asking for is whether the person in question is a Nigerian or foreigner and not things capable of dividing us,” Nwankwo said.

President Buhari tasked the 22 states governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to build 250,000 housing units per annum.

According to him, this was to meet up with the election campaign promise of providing one million houses for Nigerians yearly.

As part of the opening session of the two-day National Economic Council (NEC) Retreat on the economy at the old Banquet Hall, Abuja, Buhari charged foreign investors and local construction companies to take part in the new effort to cover Nigeria’s housing deficit.

He said: “Some estimates put Nigeria’s housing deficit at about 16million units. In our successful campaign to win the general elections last year our party, the APC, promised to build a million housing units a year. This will turn out to be a very tall order unless.

“The Federal Government builds two hundred and fifty thousand units. The 22 APC States together manage another two hundred and fifty thousand units. We invite foreign investors together with local domiciled big construction companies to enter into commercial housing building to pick up the rest,”he added.

Buhari listed the challenges in the housing sector to include severe shortage of housing, high rents, unaffordable prices for prospective buyers especially middle and low-income earners.

modelmike7:
I hope you guys were not deaf when my President said 'he belongs to no one but belong to everybody?' You better stop all this uneccessay propaganda.

modelmike7:
I hope you guys were not deaf when my President said 'he belongs to no one but belong to everybody?' You better stop all this uneccessay propaganda.

Mynd44:

Actually, what the president said was "I am FOR everybody and belong TO nobody"

To the topic, can the federal government tell state governors what to do? No.

Since the president can't, it is safer to urge his party members since it was part of their campaign in the first place.

President Buhari tasked the 22 states governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to build 250,000 housing units per annum.

Mynd44:

Actually, what the president said was "I am FOR everybody and belong TO nobody"

To the topic, can the federal government tell state governors what to do? No.

Since the president can't, it is safer to urge his party members since it was part of their campaign in the first place.

Mynd44:

Actually, what the president said was "I am FOR everybody and belong TO nobody"

To the topic, can the federal government tell state governors what to do? No.

Since the president can't, it is safer to urge his party members since it was part of their campaign in the first place.

Nalikedis:
People sef... Buhari tasked his party governors to follow through on their campaign promise... People still dey shout... Do u expect Buhari to ask PDP governors that never promised housing to start building it Ni? Some people are mischievous sha, they know the truth o, but they will sha want to confuse some idiots that always struggle with comprehension or that are too lazy to read. How has the president asking Govs. To build culminated into federal Govs. Building in just APC states.

Frankyboy1:
shows u only see what u want to see! Nd u only hear what u want to hear! In all Wike said, nd paid flowing tributes to BUHARI for his unbiased stand during d rivers rerun! The same people that lambasted buhari on nairaland, ignored wike commendations, nd rather picked on Amaechi episode! Just shows u can do little or nothing to those that see no good in you, mostly when their bias is borne out of sentiments! Even if Buhari transforms Nigeria to Dubai, wailers will still wail

modelmike7:
I hope you guys were not deaf when my President said 'he belongs to no one but belong to everybody?' You better stop all this uneccessay propaganda.