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Although many Nigerians are lamenting the security and economic situation of the country under the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, an official has said Nigerians will appreciate the president more when he leaves office.

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State said this while addressing State House correspondents after he met with President Buhari at the State House on Tuesday.

“I told the president that some of your efforts for the country will be more appreciated when you leave office. Today, you are the architect of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline. Recently Nasarawa State signed an MoU after our gas roundtable in the state capital Lafia, where the top management of NNPC were around,” Mr Sule said.

PREMIUM TIMES has reported how scores of Nigerians are killed or kidnapped weekly by terror groups, mainly working in the Northern part of the country. Amid the insecurity, the purchasing power of most Nigerians has eroded as prices of goods and services have doubled in the past year without a corresponding increase in earnings.

Mr Sule did not say if he discussed the worsening security and economic situation with the president. He, however, spoke about the other issues he discussed with Mr Buhari.

“We discussed about gas utilisation and we are bringing our own experience of what happened with the West African gas pipeline, where it was tapped from Sagamu into Ikeja and all the industries there are utilising gas.

“So for a country like Nigeria that has over 200 trillion standard cubic feet of gas, to say that somebody is building a gas pipeline for the utilization of gas, I don’t think that is a small thing but a lot will not understand this until may be when the President leaves office and in future, when we begin to have LPG everywhere for cooking and LNG so that most of our vehicles will convert to gas rather than petrol.

Many cannot see now what is going to happen tomorrow and by that time they will say who did this and they would be told its President Buhari and people will bless him,” the governor said.

The governor said he was in the State House to thank the president for the support the state has received in the area of security, which has helped to sustain peace across the state.

“I came to express our great appreciation to the president for the great support we have continued to receive in the area of security. You must have heard there were several joint operations of the special forces; the military, police, air force and navy in the two local government areas that are bordering Abuja, Toto and Karu.

“The various operations have been very successful. When we heard recently that some of our schools were being targeted, we privately approached and the right actions were taken. We thank God that we have been able to dislodge those ones.

“Also we are here to express our happiness that as a result of some level of peace we have in Nasarawa State, we have been tagged as a state that is currently number one in sesame seed production, number two in yam production, number two in cassava and number five in rice production in the country,” he said.

Mr Sule, a member of Mr Buhari’s party, APC, also said the recent completion of the 330MVA thermal line in Lafia, which is coming from the Niger-Delta, has helped a lot in boosting electricity supply in Lafia, the state capital, and environs; a feat he said was made possible through President Buhari’s intervention.

Mintum:
The only way he will be appreciated more is if the person coming after him will be worse than him but I doubt anyone else can be worse than Buhari.

PrinceOfLagos:
Nigerians will only appreciate him if he will resign now and apologies for his failure

Mintum:
The only way he will be appreciated more is if the person coming after him will be worse than him but I doubt anyone else can be worse than Buhari.

Racoon:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/500812-nigerians-will-appreciate-buhari-more-when-he-leaves-office-governor.html

miketayo:
Coming from a Gov. that rules from abuja because of insecurity

bencr7:
so na for Abuja is living ruling is state,

miketayo:
Don't understand estimate Nigerian leaders, I thought Jonathan was terrible but buhari took it to a whole new level