Tell Your Followers To Keep Calm – Buhari Charges Religious Leaders

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has requested religious leaders throughout the country to keep calming the people with the message of hope to their followers that things will improve.

He made this known, on Thursday, at a meeting with the Council of Abuja Imams at the State House saying that his government is aware of the challenges facing the average citizen adding that the leadership at various levels is trying to solve the problems of poverty, unemployment and insecurity bedevilling the country.

Buhari disclosed that the government choose to give priority to agriculture so as to create jobs for unemployed citizens and give the country food security revealing that there was a bigger plan for the provision of fertilizers, insecticides and land preparations from next year.

To key into this, the President requested state governments and community leaders across the country to organize the population into cooperative societies, stressing that “extension services, not money will be provided.”

The President also addressed the religious leaders on the efforts to improve power supply in the country with on-going efforts to bring foreign investment from China and some friendly countries that indicated willingness in developing the proposed Mambila and other hydro-electric power projects in the country.

He assured them that the steps the government was carefully taking on the crisis situation in the Niger Delta would lead to long term peace and stabilize the region.

On the war against corruption and the Boko Haram terrorism, the President said his government would remain resolute and relentless.

“We have no plan to humiliate or embarrass anyone through these actions. We are merely interested in instituting justice and fairness for all,” the President assured.

He reiterated that whoever was caught as having stolen from the public will be forced to return the loot to the treasury saying “the nation needs the money.”

Earlier, the Chairman of Abuja Council of Imams, Dr. Tajudeen Mohammed Bello Adigun on behalf of the delegation commended the efforts of the Buhari administration in the war against corruption and terrorism.

He also drew the President’s attention to problems in the economy, health services, education and unemployment.

Story by David Oputah