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The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has attacked Daily Trust newspapers over its editorial highlighting Nigeria’s worsening state of security and economy.
In a statement sent to Naija News on Monday and signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the presidency described the editorial as ‘ill-informed’.


It claimed that Nigeria is better off than the way it was when Buhari took over government in 2015.

According to the presidency, Buhari’s opponents always believe in their own preconceived perceptions and propaganda about the brand of politics they believe in.

The ill-informed editorial in yesterday’s Daily Trust newspaper warrants a response.

The authors are correct that Nigeria like every other country in the world is undergoing a period of hardship. But all and any suggestion that the Buhari administration is not leaving Nigeria in a better place than we found it – especially on the key pillars of the economy, security and corruption – is pure fantasy.

The facts speak for themselves. On security, as recently as 2015 Boko Haram held territory the size of Belgium in Nigeria. Today they hold no Nigerian territory to speak of. In March our military eliminated the leader of ISWAP in an airstrike using U.S. jets and British intelligence – testament to the newfound trust our allies hold in our administration, not enjoyed by previous administrations.

Moreover, our administration is the only in Nigeria’s history to implement a solution to the herder-farmer conflicts through our landmark National Livestock Transformation Plan. Already, where ranches have been established under that initiative, we are seeing a sharp reduction in disputes.

It is therefore incorrect to say nothing has changed, not to talk of getting worse.
Even around the Daily Trust, things have improved. Seven years is a long time and their new managers may be unaware that in 2015, The Daily Trust needed barriers around their premises and heavy security- as did many other sensitive institutions- to be safe from terrorists. Now, they have all that removed, a clear indication that the threats, as they existed at that time have abated.

On corruption, this administration has seen hundreds of millions in stolen funds returned from abroad and used as social and welfare funds distributed directly to the poorest during the Covid-19 pandemic and the provision of long-delayed infrastructure-roads, bridges, rail, and power. This is a direct result of Buhari administration’s initiatives such as our whistleblowing policy which empowers and emboldens Nigerians to report corruption without fear.

Moreover, it again demonstrates the newfound trust our international partners have in Nigeria, thanks to the efforts of our administration. Those same partners refused to return stolen monies to previous administrations for decades, knowing it would simply be stolen again.

More importantly, what the Buhari administration has done is to place mechanisms to stop corruption from happening that include the strengthening of the office of the Auditor General, enhancing the capabilities of the anti-corruption agencies by signing into law several legislations and Executive Orders; the implementation of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, whistleblower; the implementation of public expenditure management and forensic accounting management systems and several others.

As for the economy, the unprecedented and vast infrastructure development driven by our administration has set the country on course for sustainable – and crucially, equitable economic growth – while our policies for boosting domestic production of food and energy will be key to us navigating the global cost of living crisis.

With global supply chains disrupted by the Covid-19 lockdown and the Russia Ukraine war, skyrocketing freight rates and extreme weather events causing inflation to surge all over the world, leaders are getting the beating and we expect that ours will not also be spared.

But fairness demands that we should give credit to whom it is due. President Buhari put in place a food policy, to grow what we eat and eat what we grow, that has averted the growing food security threat that is pushing nations into a conundrum.

The President’s program has given the nation the confidence to ban rice imports, saving a daily amount USD 5 million in Forex. We have seen rice Pyramids in many states including Kebbi, FCT, Niger, Gombe and amazingly, Ekiti State.

The country has witnessed the setting up of 54 integrated rice mills, 1,000 small scale rice mills, and 57 fertilizer plants revived or built anew in a boost to production. Nasarawa State is today competing with Niger in sugar production and Kaduna State is about to commission a steel mill. Only a performing economy can give these.

One of the biggest mistakes that opponents of President Buhari make, is to believe in their own preconceived perceptions and propaganda about the brand of politics they believe in.

For this President, one of the greatest investments a meaningful government can do is to better the lives of those at the lowest rung of the social ladder. This administration has more than 20 million persons benefiting from conditional cash transfers, school feeding and other social investment, SIP programs.

In a time of global hardship, we are faced with enough challenges without inventing them where there are none. Moreover, pretending that achievements do not exist where they do helps no one. Rather, let us focus on what we have achieved so that we may build further upon those achievements to tackle the new challenges that continue to arise.

Finally, it needs to be said that in periods like this, when elections are within view, harsh and unfair criticisms are expected, especially against a leader like President Buhari with an image that is significant, in which the All Progressives Congress, APC invests heavily.

Source: https:///Presidency-Tackles-Daily-Trust-Lists-Buharis-Achievements

Well, those that benefited will always defend him. Such is Nigeria!

The same party members, why you no go support him and list his audio achievements.
Make 2023 reach make we vote out APC.
Apc has made us Yoruba Christians feel left out.
Let us put our hands together and vote out this corrupt Muslim party, make our future for fine
Let no Agbado munching gorilla quote me

Nigeria will confuse u sote u no go know the true meaning of achievement...

They will list confused policy, Darkness, backwardness and cluelessness as achievement.....

Achievement kill u there. Even ur principal said his eager to leave post, now u talking trash. I prefer buhari just request for his salary and leave now so osibanjo can continue.

am still shocked but cant express it like buhari

APC and shenanigans. It is insane for APC to even think sane people will vote for them again.

Kpo

I pity Shehu Garba and his brother Femi. They're are not getting anything from any of these presidential candidates even from their party..

It's over, from next year, reality will set...

No more living and dining in Aso villa while talking nonsense with cost of living.

No more long stretch of convoys and federal security to push back attackers...

No more presidential jets and first class , they will have to sit with common Nigerians..

I just pity the two fools

Achievements and buhari....a vivid description of what an oxymoron really is.

Buhari has almost finished his term, let's focus our attention on Tinubu/shetima presidency. those that hate Muslim Muslim ticket should go and die, we are proud of Islam and we don't hate Christians, what matters is competence

Garba Shehu, how does foreign governments returning looted funds your boss and his ilk invested in foreign countries signify Buhari’s win against corruption?
Instead does it not show what efforts the foreign governments are putting into setting their own countries right?

If Buhari was winning against corruption in this country, it would reflect domestically. We’ll see it in the ratio of undeserving government appointments; we’ll see it in the influx of awarded contracts and overbloated expenses; we’ll see it in the transparent use of funds budgeted for Tradermoni and whatever other useless initiatives your principal came up with. We don’t need to hear of how much Buhari’s regime is winning against corruption.

If Buhari was winning the fight against corruption, it would be plain for the very ordinary man on the streets to see. There would not need be any need to convince us with your lies. I cannot be hungry and you’re forcing me to accept that I want to go and shit from over-feeding.

If Buhari was winning the fight against corruption, you would lose your jobs—along with the other loud mouthed shameless Adesina.

You would all become irrelevant, because then there would be nobody for you people to gaslight, and no need for you to peddle more lies to redeem Buhari’s lost image.

Remember that it was this same corruption that your principal used to topple over the previous democratically elected government. Nigeria was managing well under the “very corrupt government” of particularly Goodluck Jonathan, how has this country faired under your principal with all his integrity? Clowns.

Lovenorth:
Buhari has almost finished his term, let's focus our attention on Tinubu/shetima presidency. those that hate Muslim Muslim ticket should go and die, we are proud of Islam and we don't hate Christians, what matters is compitance

You would like North-North presidency after this one. Don’t worry. Tribes do not matter. It’s all about “compitance” and delivery.

Buhari is the worst thing that happened to Nigeria after independence.

M

Buhari is the worst president since d inception of mankind.Nigeria has never bn dis divided and d economy has never bn dis terrible, not to mention insecurity

Lol

Kposhi kposhi people

See his mumu response. Before Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and Bandits were concentrated in one place, today Buhari has made sure they are widespread in every nook and corner of Nigeria.

The terrorists even have administrative and tax collecting department. I believe with time Tinubu tax collecting company will understudy the Fulani Bandits tax collecting methodology. They are able to collect billions from common northern farmers that haven't been paying tax to the nation before.

We good Nigerians stand against APC and all that it entails. Say No to Tinubu and the worst he has in stock for Nigeria.

adenigga:
Source: https:///Presidency-Tackles-Daily-Trust-Lists-Buharis-Achievements

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And this is a country where APC is fronting a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. God forbid! Those of you supporting the ticket today because it favours you should endeavour to do so when it's the other way round.

I say no to Muslim terrorist-terrorist ticket.

In a muslim country, both the president and vice would be muslims.

In a christian country, both the president and vice would be christians.

In a muslim-christian country, the president and vice would always be shared by both religion.

APC is an Islamic party that plans to turn Nigeria to a muslim country, a country that is owned by muslims and muslims are first class citizens.

May buhari and Nigeria happen to everyone supporting this evil government....selah

...and they keep on deceiving Buhari

the Nigerians in the corridors of power mostly turn out to be the worst set of Nigerians, mostly even worse off than the bad leaders themselves

I want to believe that once someone gets to aso rock, they become oblivious of what is happening in Nigeria

If security is good, let him travel thru abuja kaduna Road

He should drive thru the streets of abuja and see the fuel queue


Go to the streets and see the suffering of people

These people still give themselves a pat on the back despite their colossal failure

Hmmm

Disastrous govt in all ramifications.

Just imagine. The list should be 100 kilometers long.

Which security is he referring to?

The man speaks noise and rubbish bcz he is not an ordinary Nigerian so he can never understand what we are passing through e for the near me bfr e talk all this rubbish