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By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA - Aware of the present harsh economic
realities, President Muhammadu Buhari on
Tuesday said that his government is taking
pragmatic steps to cushion the effects on
Nigerians, assuring that there were better days
ahead.
The president who chaired the 8th Annual Bola
Tinubu Colloquium held at the International
Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja spoke on the
theme of the Colloquium: 'Agriculture: Action,
work, revolution'
Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and
national leader of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC clocked 64 years and held the
event to mark his birthday.
Eulogizing him, president Buhari said the former
governor had shown commitment and zealousness
to Nigeria's growth.
He stated that the government would continue to
invest in human capital development.
"There are very few patriots alive today that can
match the commitment, zealous, creativity that
Bola Tinubu has demonstrated in his contribution
to national growth.
"In the coming months, Nigerians will see much
more actions. Government will continue to invest
substantially in human capital development and
this is just the beginning.
"We are going to hold ourselves accountable. We
will measure results. There will always be some
scepticism, some have even become disorientated
and impatient enough to think that barriers are
insurmountable. Any one who claims great change
is impossible can only look as an ordinary
success", he said.
Apparently gauging the enormity of work to be
done to better the lots of Nigerians, President
Buhari urged all hands to be on deck.
"We can achieve more with partnership that link up
and scale up our respective efforts.
"I am declaring that we need a new approach that
challenges more states and local governments,
more organisation, companies and non
governmental organisations and individuals, some
of the younger people who are here to step up and
play a role because government can not and
should not do it alone. All hands should be on
deck," he said.
The president who commended the organisers of
the Bola Tinubu Colloquium for the choice of the
theme of the event on agriculture stated that the
intention of the government was to create
enabling environment that would bring viability on
the economic potentials of the private sector.
The President said: "We intend to organize an
efficient market infrastructure that will make
agriculture viable for investors. We are providing
an enabling environment so as to ensure certainty
and predictability for the private sector.
"We intend to also ensure that the market is fair
and worth to transform small holder farmers from
beggars to businessmen.
"Further more, we are going to keep focusing on
improved nutrition for children. We know the
effects of hunger and poor nutrition can last a life
time. Children are thrown out of school to earn a
living".
The event attracted the Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, wife of the
celebrant, Senator Remi Tinubu, former Chairman
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, state governors of Zamfara -
Abdulaziz Yari Osun - Rauf Aregbesola, Ogun -
Ibikunle Amosun, Kebbi - Abubakar Atiku Bagudu,
Adamawa- Bindow, Cross River - Ben Ayade,
Bauchi - Muhammed Abubakar, Lagos - Ambode
Akinwunmi, Kaduna - Nasir el-Rufai, Oyo - Abiola
Ajimobi.
The national chairman of APC, John Odigie-
Oyegun, Senator Smart Adeyemi, some ministers
and other top government officials also graced the
occasion.
Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/buhari-nigerians-actions-underway/

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