Residents of Damaturu, Yobe, have lauded
President Muhammadu Buhari, for his proposed
N500 billion social intervention programme and
the fight against corruption and insurgency.
Budget 2016: President Buhari , Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo, with others during the signing of
the 2016 budget into Law on 6th May ,2016.
They expressed their delight while reacting to the
president’s national broadcast on Sunday to mark
the 17th anniversary of Democracy Day.
The respondents commended government for
considering economic diversification by focusing
on solid minerals and agriculture, noting the
measure will create more jobs and enhance the
country’s revenue profile.
They further expressed optimism that the existing
economic hardships that Nigerians have
experienced in the last one year notwithstanding,
there are better days ahead.
A retired civil servant, Alhaji Bukar Musa, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that
Buhari was on a “salvation mission.”
According him, the meticulousness of the
leadership style of the president gives hope for a
better Nigeria.
In his assessment, Buhari’s greatest success in
the first year has been recorded in the fight
against corruption and insurgency.
In his contribution, a businessman, Alhaji Haruna
Babale, said the Buhari administration had taken
bold policies including the increase in pump price
of petrol which has now guaranteed availability of
petrol in Nigeria.
Also speaking, an applicant, Mr Mohammed Alkali,
said the social intervention programme
announced by the president will create jobs for
teeming youth roaming the streets and alleviate
poverty of many Nigerians.
A house wife, Mrs Hauwa Mustapha, also noted
the president’s concern, saying “the presidential
address was specific on the plight of women and I
am sure Buhari will give us the desired attention”.
Hauwa appealed to the Niger Delta militants to
eschew violence in their region as “unfortunately,
mothers, wives and children are always the major
victims of violence as experienced here in the
North east”.