President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to religious leaders in the country to help him deliver a message of hope to the citizenry that everything will be well soon.
He acknowledged that challenges of life which many Nigerians are facing and the growing complaints on the slow pace of economic growth with the attendant high cost of living.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Buhari, Garba Shehu, quoted him as having made the appeal during a meeting he had with the Council of Abuja Imams at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“Keep calming the people. The leadership at various levels is trying to solve problems of poverty, unemployment and insecurity bedeviling the country,” Buhari requested religious leaders throughout the country.
He told the clerics that the Federal Government has chosen to give priority to agriculture in order to create jobs for unemployed citizens and give the country food security, adding that though there is a bigger plan for the provision of fertilizers, insecticides and land preparations starting from 2017.
The President requested state governments and community leaders across the country to organize the population into cooperative societies to key into the agriculture reforms programme, stressing that “extension services, not money will be provided.” [myad]
