President Muhammadu Buhari told Catholic bishops in Abuja today that he would take a second look at appointments made by the Federal Government to redress issues being raised. He said the review will be done after a compendium of all appointments has been submitted to him. President Muhammadu Buhari He told the bishops, under the aegis of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, that no ethnic group or political zone has been deliberately marginalised in the appointments made so far by his administration.

The Nigerian leader was obviously reacting to criticisms that he may have violated the Federal character principle in some of the appointments made. The last time a compendium of appointments was done, the South West region led the rest of the country. President Buhari also explained that the policy proposed by Federal Government in response to the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country is not meant to colonize any part of the country. Buhari said the intention of government is to create grazing locations for cattle rearers, which has now been misconstrued as another form of colonization. President Buhari regretted that the well-thought out policy of the Federal Government, which was conceived after wide consultations with stakeholders, had been largely misunderstood by a section of the public.

He, however, assured the Catholic Bishops that the Federal Government will continue to explore all opportunities and support initiatives to ensure peace and stability in restive areas. Condemning recent spate of killings in Benue, Adamawa, Taraba, and Zamfara states, the President said security operatives would ensure prosecution of perpetrators and all those found with illegal arms in the affected areas. ‘‘The impression created that I was sitting in an air-conditioned office and home, enjoying myself while these things happened, is dishonest.


‘‘At every step, I have tried to foresee these problems because I have the experience as a former military officer who commanded three out of the four divisions of the Nigerian army, in Lagos, Ibadan and Jos. ‘‘I am quite aware of the problems we have and I am doing my best to get law enforcement agencies to be on alert,’’ he said. The President told the Catholic Bishops that he would not be tired of recounting remarkable progress recorded in the areas of security, economy and the fight against corruption. ‘‘We have done very well on security in the North East, when you compare what the condition was before we came in and what it is now. ‘‘On the economy, particularly agriculture, I am very pleased that God answered the prayers of Nigerians who prayed for bountiful harvest. ‘‘People have taken advantage of Federal Government policies and programmes to return to the farm and they have not regretted,’’ he said. On the fight against corruption, the President reiterated that government would be guided by the law in the investigation and prosecution of all graft-related cases.

‘‘People are being prosecuted systematically with evidence. ‘‘If a permanent secretary has five houses in Abuja, two in Kaduna and one in Borno and Sokoto and he can’t account for the properties and there are bank transactions linking him to the properties, the prosecuting agencies will not have difficulties to make progress on the case.” The Catholic bishops were led by Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama. Kaigama pledged that the Catholic Church in Nigeria would continue to support the Buhari administration and make its contribution to nation-building through prayers, admonitions and assistance to needy Nigerians. ‘‘As the voice of the people, we shall continue to highlight the plight of our people and play our prophetic role of sensitising the government, thus promoting good governance, national unity and cohesion,’’ Kaigama said.

GMBuhari:
It still won't be enough for some bastards

they will say it's campaign strategy

whereas , most of these appointments were made in recent times , as recently as two months ago when they raised a scandal about appointing dead people , of which the list of appointments was prepared in 2015


yeye pipu

Firefire:
Fraudulent man.

GMBuhari:
It still won't be enough for some bastards

they will say it's campaign strategy

whereas , most of these appointments were made in recent times , as recently as two months ago when they raised a scandal about appointing dead people , of which the list of appointments was prepared in 2015


yeye pipu

doyinbaby:
intact every fraudulent....anyone who believes him is a fool......buhari is a devil.....he is so evil at heart.....,,,buhari has only one agenda which is Fulani/Islamic supremacist agenda......he can't decide us further he has shown his true colour......cattle colony that will take thousands of hectares of land from middle belt and SW,se,Ss to hand down to his Fulani people....meaning Fulani will legitimately have land all over the federation from there they begin to multiply and terrorize the legitimate owners of the land........any true indigine of SW,Ss,se,mb( especially Christians) that vote for buhari is a fool....infact won tii fi ori gba paaro....

GMBuhari:
Give me one reason why i must be ashamed

usba:
see wailing wailers as tears dey follow endlessly.

Childofaking:
Halleluia ! I pray he is sincere about that .

GMBuhari:
It still won't be enough for some bastards

they will say it's campaign strategy

whereas , most of these appointments were made in recent times , as recently as two months ago when they raised a scandal about appointing dead people , of which the list of appointments was prepared in 2015


yeye pipu

Beremx:
Reviewing political appointments when you have 2019 around the corner? It doesn't change the fact that you have failed woefully!

Any political gimmicks by Buhari to stay further after 2019 must not be allowed!!

fulaniHERDSman:
dulllartus