Nigerian Elites Have Been Very Unfair To Me And My Government – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to revalidate his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his constituency in Daura, Katsina State.

He recently revealed that the nation’s elites have decided to never acknowledge the efforts of his administration in repositioning Nigeria despite the increase in revenue.

According to him, the elites should be fair in their assessment of his performance, instead of constantly harassing him and those who are part of his government.

Buhari added that people should take cognizance of the state of the country’s economy when he took over power in 2015 before coming at him.

His words, “The problem is that I will like, especially the elites, to please be reflective. When we came, where we were, the resources available from then and the condition of the infrastructure. I was contrived to go over it several times to tell Nigerians that between 1999 and 2014, let them check with the NNPC, let them check with the Governor of Central Bank. The daily production was 2.4 million barrels per days and the average cost was a hundred American dollars per barrel.”

“So for these years, daily Nigeria would earn having 2.4m times 100 dollars everyday. But look at the condition of infrastructure, you know this better than I do. I know I went to every local government of the country in my three consecutive attempts to become the President. You know the road more than I do. You know the condition of the rail, the railway was dead. Now look at it everywhere we go, what did they do with all these monies?”

“When we took over in this administration, production went down to about half a million barrels per day, the price collapsed. We had to do what is called a bailout, wherever we got the money from. Upon all the money from 1999 to 2014, we have to give you money from the Centre to pay salaries. No! Nigerian elites are not interested in rating the competence but they are interested in harassing us with all efforts we are making.”