- President Buhari assured Igbo people that his administration will make the southeast zone better than it is at present
- The president’s media adviser, Femi Adesina, gave the assurance while commissioning a road in Abia state
- Adesina said President Buhari is prepared to address all the infrastructural challenges being witnessed in the country
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the people of the southeast of massive infrastructural development under his administration.
He assured that he would leave the zone a better place than he met it, Vanguard reports.
NAIJ.com gathered the President Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, gave the assurance while representing the president at the inauguration and flag off of a 5.5km road in Isieketa community, Isiala Ngwa South local government area of Abia state over the weekend.
Femi Adesina at the inauguration and flag off of a 5.5km road in Isieketa community, Isiala Ngwa South local government area of Abia state. Credit: Facebook/Femi Adesina
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While reportedly saying that the infrastructural decay in the country was inherited from previous administrations, Buhari assured that he would do all to ensure the infrastructural deficits were tackled.
“One thing that is dear to the heart of President Buhari is infrastructure, roads, railway, power, etc.
“Nigeria has a lot of deficits in infrastructure and President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to reverse that deficit.
“We will see that by the time this administration ends Igboland will never be the same again. Igbo will be far better beyond where it has ever been before,” Adesina was quoted to have said.
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NAIJ.com previously reported that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state stated that he is confident President Buhari would win the 2019 presidential election for a second term in office.
Akeredolu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Buhari had done well and deserved to be re-elected, in spite of obvious challenges facing the country.
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Source: Naija.ng