President Muhammadu Buhari has called all those in leadership positions across the strata of the Nigerian society to come together and pull the country out of its current challenges.
The President who made the call today when he received a cross section of residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), led by its Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, who paid him Christmas homage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja said that Nigeria’s main problem is how to get the right leadership in place for the general good of the society.
“For the leaderships at various stages, both civil and spiritual, we need to be patient in managing the society. We need to come together and pull the country out of these problems that we find ourselves.
“Everybody in the world believes that Nigeria is a lucky country because of its natural resources.
“Our problem is how to organize ourselves and how to get the right leadership in place.”
On security challenges, Buhari said that no society can develop in an atmosphere of insecurity and social discontent even as he said that his administration is determined to persuade the Boko Haram militants, if they could be persuaded, to allow peace to reign in the country.
The President expressed concern over the pathetic conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in some parts of the country and asked Nigerians to partner with government to uplift the quality of life of the IDPs.
He commended the security agencies, the Victims Support Fund led by retired General T. Y. Danjuma and the G-7 for their support and assistances to the IDPs.
“We appreciate that the security agencies are doing their best and their best is showing and we have to continue praying for them. There can be no development without security. We have to continue to pray.
“If we have two million people as IDPs and 70 per cent are women and children and 30 per cent of them are children, some them are orphans, they will grew up not knowing their parents, tradition or culture, then, as leaders we have a weighty responsibility to ensure that infrastructure for the orphans are taken care of.
“As leaders, we must realize that the most important thing for those children is that they must not be denied education. Schools must be rebuilt.
“We also thank (Victims Support Fund) Danjuma and the G-7 led by the US. They have been doing their best to help Nigeria to train our military and provide support to the IDPs and areas affected by the insurgency.”
Earlier, Muhammad Bello and the leader of the Christian community in Abuja, Rev. Israel Akanji, had commended the President for his vision and leadership qualities.
Akanji advised Nigerians, irrespective of socio-political backgrounds, to support and show more understanding to the various policies and programmes of the government meant to pull the country out of its challenges.
Highlight of the event were the presentation of giant Christmas cards to President Buhari by various groups in the FCT. [myad]
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