Be Patient As We Address Hardship, Buhari Tells Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to be
patient with his government as it addresses the hardship in the
land.

While sending greetings across on the occasion of Eid-el-Adha,
the president attributed the current challenges facing the country
to COVID-19 pandemic, insecurity and flooding that hindered local
production for self-sustenance.

He renewed the determination of his administration to create a
just, harmonious and prosperous country in which the safety of life
and property is assured.

“Apart from the destruction caused to rice farms by floods,
middlemen have also taken advantage of the local rice production to
exploit fellow Nigerians, thereby undermining our goal of
supporting local food production at affordable prices.”

“As an elected president who enjoys the goodwill of the ordinary
people that gave us their mandate, let me assure you that we are
continuing with measures to bring relief to Nigerians, including
making fertilizer available at affordable prices to our
farmers.

“The current insecurity in the country “has produced severe and
adverse effects on agriculture because farmers are prevented from
accessing their farms by bandits and terrorists.

“Let me also use this opportunity to reassure Nigerians that we
are taking measures to address our security challenges. We have
started taking delivery of fighter aircraft and other necessary
military equipment and hardware to improve the capacity of our
security forces to confront terrorism and banditry,” he added.

President Buhari, while speaking on the significance of the
Eid-El-Kabir celebration, appealed to Muslims “to demonstrate the
good virtues of Islam through personal examples and practices.

Buhari, who extolled sacrifices of Nigerians, however, said
that: “Taking advantage of the celebration to exploit fellow
citizens through outrageous prices of food and rams is inconsistent
with fine virtues of Islam.

“As practising believers, we shouldn’t seek obscene profits by
making life difficult and miserable for others. We should not seek
happiness at the expense of others. Remember that Islam is a
religion of charity that urges us to love our neighbour as we love
ourselves.

“I urge all Muslims to continue to live in peace and harmony
with their fellow Nigerians of other faiths in the spirit of
peaceful coexistence. Let us pray for the progress of Nigeria at
all times. Let us expose undesirable elements among us who are
creating security problems for the country

According to Buhari, “No government in our recent history has
invested as heavily as we are doing to promote local production of
about 20 other commodities, through the provision of loans and
several other forms of support to our farmers.”

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to be
patient with his government as it addresses the hardship in the
land.

While sending greetings across on the occasion of Eid-el-Adha,
the president attributed the current challenges facing the country
to COVID-19 pandemic, insecurity and flooding that hindered local
production for self-sustenance.

He renewed the determination of his administration to create a
just, harmonious and prosperous country in which the safety of life
and property is assured.

“Apart from the destruction caused to rice farms by floods,
middlemen have also taken advantage of the local rice production to
exploit fellow Nigerians, thereby undermining our goal of
supporting local food production at affordable prices.”

“As an elected president who enjoys the goodwill of the ordinary
people that gave us their mandate, let me assure you that we are
continuing with measures to bring relief to Nigerians, including
making fertilizer available at affordable prices to our
farmers.

“The current insecurity in the country “has produced severe and
adverse effects on agriculture because farmers are prevented from
accessing their farms by bandits and terrorists.

“Let me also use this opportunity to reassure Nigerians that we
are taking measures to address our security challenges. We have
started taking delivery of fighter aircraft and other necessary
military equipment and hardware to improve the capacity of our
security forces to confront terrorism and banditry,” he added.

President Buhari, while speaking on the significance of the
Eid-El-Kabir celebration, appealed to Muslims “to demonstrate the
good virtues of Islam through personal examples and practices.

Buhari, who extolled sacrifices of Nigerians, however, said
that: “Taking advantage of the celebration to exploit fellow
citizens through outrageous prices of food and rams is inconsistent
with fine virtues of Islam.

“As practising believers, we shouldn’t seek obscene profits by
making life difficult and miserable for others. We should not seek
happiness at the expense of others. Remember that Islam is a
religion of charity that urges us to love our neighbour as we love
ourselves.

“I urge all Muslims to continue to live in peace and harmony
with their fellow Nigerians of other faiths in the spirit of
peaceful coexistence. Let us pray for the progress of Nigeria at
all times. Let us expose undesirable elements among us who are
creating security problems for the country

According to Buhari, “No government in our recent history has
invested as heavily as we are doing to promote local production of
about 20 other commodities, through the provision of loans and
several other forms of support to our farmers.”