Buhari’s victory, confirmation of faith, trust in him by Nigerians ― SGF

THE Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha has said that the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the last Saturday Presidential election is a confirmation of the faith and trust Nigerians have on the President.

He spoke on Wednesday in Abuja in an interview with newsmen while reacting to the victory of Buhari at the election.

Mustapha, noted that the victory of the president Buhari was a victory for democracy, saying many Nigerians were excited by his triumph at the keenly contested election.

“The people of Nigeria have spoken through their votes and reconfirmed their faith and trust in the person of President Muhammad Buhari.

“Having seen how he governed the country in the past three and half years, Nigerians have every reason to be grateful of his re-election.

“It was an election where we did not campaign with promises, our campaign was based on our scorecards,” he said.

SGF said: “We were able to tell the people of Nigeria where we were when we took over in 2015 and what we have been able to achieve.

He said that the president had in 2015 anchored his campaign on three platforms, security, diversification of the economy and fight against corruption.
He said that about 17 Local Government Areas were under the territorial control of Boko Haram in the North Eastern when the president took over.

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“But today, the whole area have been liberated with minor challenges as it is expected in those kinds of insurgency situation.

“Relatively, there have been a restoration of peace and calm in the North-East although, we still have some spots of the problem in the North-West and North-Central Zones of the country.

“It has been the resolve of the president to do everything to ensure that every part of the country is secured before it can be governed,” he added.

He said that the administration had also grown the population of rice farmers from 4 million to over 12 million.

The SGF said that the social investment policy of the administration, the conditional cash transfer, school feeding programme and the N-Power programme had impacted positively in the lives of Nigerians.