Buhari restates re-election bid, vows to recover looted funds

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his decision to contest for second term in office via the 2019 presidential election.

The president said his resolve to contest again and possibly be returned to office was to salvage the country.

Buhari spoke in Bauchi yesterday while flagging off the distribution of 500 tractors and other farm implements recently acquired by the Bauchi State Government through an MoU signed between the state government and a private company.

Buhari also reiterated his commitment to the fight against corruption and to recover looted funds and use them to develop the country.

The president said some of the people who looted the Nigerian treasury had 20 and 30 houses while most Nigerians could not afford even a single room as a result of poverty.

President Buhari called on parents to send their children to school to acquire western education. “You should go to school, not because you want to work but to acquire knowledge for the future,” he told children of the state, and called on youths to acquire skills which would make them self-reliant.

The president commended Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar for using the bailout funds the state received to clear salary arrears and for his regular payment of salaries.

In his remark, Governor Abubakar said that the distribution of 500 tractors to farmers was to boost rice and maize production.

He said farm implements which included tractors, grinding machines, water pump machines, mini pickup vans, plastic fish pond containers, motorcycles and tricycles would be sold to farmers at subsidized rates.