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Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by thepinkcrystal(op): 3:28pm On May 29, 2015
“I Belong to Everybody & I Belong To Nobody” – Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech [Watch Full Speech]
MAY 29, 2015 in Celebrity,News that1960chick.com

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Shortly after wrapping up the inspection of guards at his swearing in ceremony this morning at the Eagle Square in Abuja, President Buhari performed his second role as President when he gave his inauguration speech.

When he said, “I belong to everybody & I belong to nobody”, I knew for sure his speech was gearing up to be epic and epic it was!The new president’s speech covered all issues ranging from corruption to Boko Haram to the current fuel crisis and even social media! His speech gave me national pride and hope that maybe, just maybe there are better days ahead for our country.

Sai Baba’s speech also served some shade to the outgoing GEJ administration and a few others! LOL

After the jump, check on that1960chick.com‘s ten most memorable lines from Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration speech & watch the full video.


He thanked everyone even the opposition

I thank our other countrymen and women who did not vote for us but contributed to make our democratic culture truly competitive, strong and definitive.

He let it be known that he is only here to serve Nigerians and not the so called “powers that be” when he said,

I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.

He will not probe the GEJ Administration

A few people have privately voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores. The past is prologue.

He will be tackling the Nigeria’s problems head on

At home we face enormous challenges. Insecurity, pervasive corruption, the hitherto unending and seemingly impossible fuel and power shortages are the immediate concerns. We are going to tackle them head on. Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us. We must not succumb to hopelessness and defeatism. We can fix our problems.

He threw shade at Nigerian leader from the 1980s onwards, most of whom were sitting behind him in the state box

In recent times Nigerian leaders appear to have misread our mission. Our founding fathers, Mr Herbert Macauley, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Malam Aminu Kano, Chief J.S. Tarka, Mr Eyo Ita, Chief Denis Osadeby, Chief Ladoke Akintola and their colleagues worked to establish certain standards of governance. They might have differed in their methods or tactics or details, but they were united in establishing a viable and progressive country. Some of their successors behaved like spoilt children breaking everything and bringing disorder to the house.

He is reforming law enforcement and the judicial service

Daunting as the task may be it is by no means insurmountable. There is now a national consensus that our chosen route to national development is democracy. To achieve our objectives we must consciously work the democratic system. The Federal Executive under my watch will not seek to encroach on the duties and functions of the Legislative and Judicial arms of government. The law enforcing authorities will be charged to operate within the Constitution. We shall rebuild and reform the public service to become more effective and more serviceable. We shall charge them to apply themselves with integrity to stabilize the system.

He addressed the media, especially social media

The Nigerian press is the most vibrant in Africa. My appeal to the media today – and this includes the social media – is to exercise its considerable powers with responsibility and patriotism.

He is going to deal with Boko Haram & he is also remembered the missing Chibok girls

The most immediate is Boko Haram’s insurgency. Progress has been made in recent weeks by our security forces but victory can not be achieved by basing the Command and Control Centre in Abuja. The command centre will be relocated to Maiduguri and remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued. But we can not claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons held hostage by insurgents.

Threw some more shade at the outgoing GEJ administration

No single cause can be identified to explain Nigerian’s poor economic performance over the years than the power situation. It is a national shame that an economy of 180 million generates only 4,000MW, and distributes even less. Continuous tinkering with the structures of power supply and distribution and close on $20b expanded since 1999 have only brought darkness, frustration, misery, and resignation among Nigerians. We will not allow this to go on. Careful studies are under way during this transition to identify the quickest, safest and most cost-effective way to bring light and relief to Nigerians.

And he even quoted a line from William Shakespeare’s Julius Ceaser

There is a tide in the affairs of men which,

Taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life,

Is bound in shallows and miseries.

Watch The Full Speech Below



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wo6vyaKoa8


Image Credit: Bayo Omoboriowo
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by SHARIAREPORTERS: 3:32pm On May 29, 2015
We don hear
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by HURUCHI(m): 3:38pm On May 29, 2015
Yes a true president talking
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by midolian(m): 3:38pm On May 29, 2015
SHARIAREPORTERS:
We don hear
hhehehhee...opposition no easy.

We now have a president...

"I belong to everybody'' and ''I belong to nobody"..This is the evergreen line. This shows that Baba is there to serve us(both progressives and saTANoids) to the fullest..And the erring/kwarrupt Nigerians shldnt expect to be favoured because they are powerful or belong to the same party or family with the president...[RuLe of LaW].

God bless the ex-president, Mr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
God bless Mr president, Mr Muhammadu Buhari
God bless Nigeria cool
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by socialmediaman: 3:40pm On May 29, 2015
Very remRkable, he also talked about the energy crisis and unemployment. When all this is over and dealt with, perhaps, Nigerians will begin to understand that it is corruption and bad leadership, not ethnicity, is the problem of this nation.

The way he also identified the education as a long term objective indicated sincerity and reality in his speech
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by SHARIAREPORTERS: 3:42pm On May 29, 2015
midolian:
hhehehhee...opposition no easy.
Lol Wad if I de-activate Kan get a new moniker Kan dhe shout "chanji" Am ready for dis God made pdp to lose d election, to make me a better opposition We ghonna run dis opposition truthfully, no lies like apc And anytin Buhari do weh make sense, we go hail am Datz d difference btw d devil(apc) and pdp
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by PassingShot(m): 3:46pm On May 29, 2015
Proud to be an ardent supporter of Buhari.
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by midolian(m): 3:56pm On May 29, 2015
SHARIAREPORTERS:
Lol
Wad if I de-activate
Kan get a new moniker
Kan dhe shout "chanji"
Am ready for dis
God made pdp to lose d election, to make me a better opposition
We ghonna run dis opposition truthfully, no lies like apc
And anytin Buhari do weh make sense, we go hail am
Datz d difference btw d devil(apc) and pdp
I pray o! If na u wey I sabi, u dey hardly praise Buhari

Abeg wetin APC do u like this? grin grin
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by SHARIAREPORTERS: 3:59pm On May 29, 2015
midolian:
I pray o! If na u wey I sabi, u dey hardly praise Buhari

Abeg wetin APC do u like this? grin grin
Taking military command to maiduguiri
Datz a bold step
Make all dose big belle dem go sit tite
I salute dat, ma side hear we dhe hail dat call
Re: Our Ten Best Lines From President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech by midolian(m): 4:09pm On May 29, 2015
SHARIAREPORTERS:
Taking military command to maiduguiri
Datz a bold step
Make all dose big belle dem go sit tite
I salute dat, ma side hear we dhe hail dat call
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