Aware of the present harsh economic
realities, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his government was
taking pragmatic steps to cushion the effects on Nigerians, assuring that there
were better days ahead.
He also said his government was
creating the necessary infrastructure to make agriculture attractive to foreign
investors. The President, who chaired the 8th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium, at
the International Conference Centre, ICC, Abuja spoke on the theme of the
Colloquium: Agriculture: Action, work, revolution. Tinubu, a former governor of
Lagos State and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,
clocked 64 years and held the event to mark his birthday. Eulogizing him, president
Buhari said the former governor had shown commitment and zeal to Nigeria’s
growth.
He stated that the government would
continue to invest in human capital development.
“There are very few patriots alive
today that can match the commitment, zeal, creativity that Bola Tinubu has
demonstrated in his contribution to national growth.
“In the coming months, Nigerians
will see much more actions. Government will continue to invest substantially in
human capital development and this is just the beginning.
“We are going to hold ourselves
accountable. We will measure results. There will always be some scepticism,
some have even become disorientated and impatient enough to think that barriers
are insurmountable.
“Any one who claims great change is
impossible can only look as an ordinary success,” he said.
Apparently gauging the enormity of
work to be done to better the lots of Nigerians, President Buhari urged all
hands to be on deck.
“I am declaring that we need a new
approach that challenges more states and local governments, more organisations,
companies and non-governmental organisations and individuals, some of the
younger people, who are here to step up and play a role because government
cannot and should not do it alone. All hands should be on deck,” he said.
The president, who commended the
organizers of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium for the choice of the theme of the
event on agriculture, stated that the intention of the government was to create
enabling environment that would bring viability on the economic potentials of
the private sector.
Source: Vanguard News
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