Buhari promises more investment in power if re-elected as president

Ayodele Johnson 19:16 - 03 January 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari leaves Abuja for Kenya on January 27, 2016

If able to retain his role in the 2019 presidential polls, President Muhammadu Buhari, has promised that the wealth of Nigeria will reach the doorsteps of all citizens.

The incumbent stresses on keeping away the resources of the nation from a "greedy and selfish minority".

Identifying power as a necessity, Buhari promises more investment in addition to improvement in transportation. This is noted in some tweets he posts on Twitter today.

If you pay attention to what we have done in the last three and half years, in infrastructure, in agriculture, in social investment, you will not regret voting this administration into power, or supporting our efforts to remake Nigeria.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 3, 2019

No matter which part of the country you come from, you will see the efforts we are making in terms of roads, in rail, in power. All of these infrastructure projects will make a huge difference in the lives of Nigerians and lay a solid foundation for the Nigeria of our dreams.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 3, 2019

We will continue to focus on ensuring that the resources of Nigeria work for all the people of Nigeria, especially those forgotten over the years by successive governments. The wealth of Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, not to a greedy and selfish minority.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) January 3, 2019

Is Atiku the solution to Nigeria's economic problem?

He thinks so.

President Buhari's opposition from the People Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, recognizes that Nigeria's economy is broken and he has some ideas on how things can work better.

Atiku Abubakar delivers his acceptance speech after winning the PDP nomination

Atiku Abubakar is confident he can steady the economy of Nigeria.

If his bid to dethrone the incumbent becomes successful, he plans to tackle issues head-on. This will mean shunning a dependence on oil revenues.

"The biggest problem Nigerians have is their addiction to oil revenues; the belief that we are doomed unless oil flows and oil money fills the Federation Account for our tiers of government to share.

"I will go straight to the point: our economy is broken, and if we wait for the oil price to rebound or for crude exports to bounce back or for oil receipts to recover, we may wait for very long and may not be able to fix it."