President Muhammadu Buhari says
he is disappointed in the Nigerian media for failing to highlight the progress
of his administration in the agricultural sector.
Buhari said this at a dinner he
hosted for young political appointees at the presidential villa, Abuja, on
Wednesday.
The president said under him,
agriculture had become so attractive that those who cannot get white-collar job
have taken up farming and are reaping the reward.
He added that his government had
reduced importation of rice by 90 percent.
“I’m very disappointed with the
Nigerian press. They didn’t give this government the credit of the `go back to
land programme’,” he said.
“We have cut down the importation
of rice by at least 90 percent… I foresaw our problem in agriculture and did
the right thing and today, people are much better. In terms of unemployment,
our able-bodied persons that do not have education and can’t get white-collar
jobs, went back to till the land and today, none of them is regretting it.”
He condemned the rush by some
Nigerians, especially the youth, in search of greener pastures abroad, saying
his administration is determined to transform the country.
He said: “If people don’t feel
good about this country, let them go and find out what is happening elsewhere
but we are going to stay here and we are going to salvage this country
together.
“I have gone through a lot, I
have been Governor, I was in charge of our petroleum sector for over three
years, I was Head of State and now I have come without the uniform and have
visited each of the 774 Local government Areas in this country.
“The intention of this
administration is to do the infrastructure and give education and healthcare to
our people especially the poor.”
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