- As Nigeria celebrates its 57th Independence celebration on October 1, 2017, President has addressed the nation
- In his speech he thanked Nigerians for their support and said it was important to remember the journey of Nigeria
- He also spoke on the fight against corruption and the progresses his government has made
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently addressing Nigerians live on national television today, October 1.
NAIJ.com brings you major highlights of the president's address below:
At 7:00am, President Buhari began by saying: "October 1st remains an important date for all Nigerians, as the day we attained one of the most important desire of humans -freedom. It is day for celebration and rededication."
He also said: "The PDP government squandered the government's resources and we were left with no savings and depleted infrastructure."
President Buhari has said: We have increased funding to homegrown school feeding programme
We expected the fight against corruption to be difficult, we expected corrupt people to fight back, we have done our best to fight, including using the TSA, Justice Malami has been appointed to help improve the judiciary and sancytion any udges found corrupt.
Fighting coruption is important. I call on all Nigerians to fight corruption by refusing and not asking for bribes and also by whistle blowing.
As we enter second term, we intend to accelerate progress. Thank you and happy holiday. God bless our country.
Source: Naij.com
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Saturday, 30 September 2017