Buhari: Era of free money in Nigeria is gone.

President Muahmmadu Buhari, yesterday said that the days of free and easy money in the country were over. The President said that the era was gone for good. President Buhari, who made the declaration, while inaugurating the 75-kilometre Wanke- Danjigba-Kucheri- Kigama-Bilbis road with seven bridges, plus payment of compensation, costing the state government about N 8 billion, also vowed that his administration would enthrone good governance through a vigorous prosecution of the ongoing war against corruption in the country. The President had earlier commissioned the 20 kilometre township road and 40 kilometre drainages in Tsafe Local Government amounting to N 2.1 billion.

Host governor, Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, had disclosed that the construction of the roads was part of the state government’s efforts to open up the rural areas, especially being an African state to enable farmers transport their farm produce to the urban centres and also to create gainful employments to the teeming youths of the state.

The president also vowed to continue the ongoing war against corruption, noting that corruption had retarded the growth of the country. According to him, the present administration has no intention of humiliating or disgracing anybody but would not be stopped from recovering all looted funds to be put to public use.

President Buhari recalled that change agenda was at the core of his electioneering campaign in 2015, and called on the people of the state and Nigerians in general to join his administration in ensuring that the change desired was well delivered. “As the people of the state are aware, the change agenda was central issue of our 2015 electioneering campaign. You have all agreed to join me and work as agents of change.

The challenge before all of us therefore is translating the change into reality.” The President noted that the security situation in the country was improving, not only in the north east, but all over the country, saying he was confident that the macro-economic policies as well as the monetary policies being implemented by the CBN would lead to the revitalization of the industries and steady growth in significant sectors of the economy.