Vows to identify, deal with people constituting nuisance;
Senator Ndume absent at Borno, Yobe elders meeting at Aso Rock
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that his administration will continue to work for the stability of Nigeria and succeed over those who don’t need the unity of the country.
He also vowed to identify and deal with what he described as the small number of people with resources and influence that are constituting a nuisance to the oneness of the country. Buhari stated this when he received a delegation of Borno/Yobe Elders Forum who paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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Elders from two North Eastern states currently witnessing security challenges -Yobe and Borno, on Tuesday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The two state governors, Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Mai-Mala Buni (Yobe), led the delegation to the meeting held behind closed doors.
At the end of the meeting, Zulum told State House correspondents that the elders seized the opportunity of the meeting to seek increased military presence in the two states from Buhari.
He said they also called Buhari’s attention to infrastructural deficit in the two states and the entire North.
President Muhammadu Buhari says the stability of the country is of paramount interest to him and Federal Government will continue to work towards it despite the actions of a few people.
The president stated this when he received a delegation of Borno/Yobe Elders Forum, who paid him a courtesy call at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
He said, We need this country. We will continue to work for its stability. I feel that whatever happens, we will continue to make it, and will keep on praying to God so that for those who feel that they don t need Nigeria, we will succeed over their intentions and actions.