President says he will not stop blaming past leaders for Nigeria’s problems

chika ebuzor

September 30, 2016 7:24 PM

Buhari called on Nigerian youth to stand up to their responsibilities by holding their leaders accountable.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari

President Buhari has said he will not stop spending past administrations for the problem of Nigeria.

He told youths at an event tagged: The Conversation: An evening with creative youth, that he did not meet any money in the treasury.

Buhari also called on Nigerian youth to stand up to their responsibilities by holding their leaders accountable.

He said “I am going to bore you with what we met. I know that I am being accused in the papers of passing the buck, but passing the buck is sometimes absolutely necessary to remind people who take things for granted.

“When we came in, I screamed to high heavens because I had promised a lot while seeking votes.

“I said where is the saving? There was no saving. There was no infrastructure, power, rails, roads, there was none. What did we spend the money on? I was told buying food and petrol.

“Where were the billions going? We conducted a study and found out that the oil marketers were committing fraud on at least one third ‎of what they were importing, which is about 25 per cent of our foreign exchange.

‎”The youth must watch our elite, especially with the condition we found ourselves. It is unpatriotic for anybody to pretend that economically we have no problem.

“I have bored you with this long explanation because there are things that could be hidden from you by those that have mismanaged the country in the last 16, 17 years.”

Also, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri advised President Buhari against selling national assets to get Nigeria out of the current recession.

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