Nigeria Will Overcome Current Challenges, Buhari Re- Assures Citizens

We Need Peacemakers, Not Spoilers, Says Spokesman

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence that the nation would overcome the prevailing situation of insecurity in parts of the country.

This is even as the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has stressed the need for national unity, saying Nigeria needs peacemakers who will entrench nationalism and patriotism in the polity and not spoilers.

Speaking when the Grand Khalifa ( overall head) of the

Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement World- Wide visited the State House, Abuja, yesterday, President Buhari said the present administration was well aware of its responsibility with regards to security and would continue to do its best.

The President urged Nigerians to be fair to his government in assessing the security issue in the country by reflecting on what obtained at the time he took over in 2015, the successes as well as performance, which he said marks a decisive break from the past, particularly in the Northeast and the South- south regions.

He added that the northwest, which has given the nation some “headache” would experience a turnaround for the better.

President Buhari urged citizens of the country to take responsibility and show interest in their own security and complement what the government was doing, saying, “we have done our best and we will continue to do more by pursuing coherent and consistent policies to deal with terrorism. I hope God will listen to our prayers.”

To Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, who brought the Grand Khalifa to Nigeria, President Buhari said: “We thank you for inviting them to come to pray for peace and stability in our country. We are grateful that they agreed to come.”

He joined them in praying God to give guidance and strength to leaders to be accountable and do right in all things that they do.