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As he marks the first year anniversary of his second term in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured all Nigerians that the mandate for change remained relevant and would be steadily followed to improve livelihoods.
“The campaign had been hard fought; yet the mandate the people of this country gave him was decisive.
“He won that election with a distance of nearly four million votes or 15 per cent of the total votes cast over his closest opponent. It was then – and is today – a mandate for change”, his media aide, Garba Shehu said on Friday.
He pointed out that for many years Nigerians have yearned for something different: less of the corruption and immoral greed of those who once governed; more decency in public life and fairness, and a chance to succeed; improved security and end to terrorist bombings and for long-delayed infrastructure.
“Day by day, step by step, the President and his team are making the change that Nigerians have demanded.
“And it is a demand. Elected officials are servants, not masters. They govern at your discretion. The authority is yours to grant – and it is yours to take away”, he stressed.
Shehu stated that since last year, President Buhari had striven to implement the plan endorsed by Nigerian voters your votes.
According to him, “he has overseen an increase in foreign investment; construction of new roads, bridges and rails, and put structures in place to improve employment, and accomplished the diversification of the national economy through a massive growth in agriculture.
“The President secured the long-overdue return of taxpayers’ monies from overseas, stolen in the 1990s, and put this to use in supporting citizens in dire need.
“Because of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures implemented to stem and halt its spread, much of what the administration strives for and delivered may seem at risk.
“President Buhari realizes the burden so many citizens carry just to make ends meet, and the suffering they endure. The President assures Nigerians that this too shall come to pass.”
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