“There’s nothing wrong with rewarding loyal associates” | 7 quotes from Buhari’s interview with BBC Hausa

President Muhammadu Buhari, had an interview with BBC Hausa, on Tuesday and gave an insight to some the activities of his administration.

Buhari addressed the appointments he’s made so far, Boko Haram, the economy as well as the Chibok girls.

Below are 7 quotes from the interview;

1. “One of the decisions we took soon after we came into office was to change the service chiefs and we overhauled the infantry. We mandated the military chiefs to change the infantry, re-train them, equip them with adequate weapons and put trained and qualified commanders for the soldiers.”

 

2. “The biggest problem here is how they (Boko Haram) brainwashed young people, including young girls, who go to mosques, churches, markets, motor parks and detonate bombs, kill themselves and other civilians.”

 

3. “How we are going to overcome this is going back to the traditional security apparatus – community leaders, neighbours, district heads, emirs, who should begin to identify new faces in their localities and asked them where they come from and what brought them.”

 

4. “Boko Haram have scattered the Chibok girls, and are being guarded at dispersed locations. Most of the girls are Christians and were forced to embrace Islam. Both ground and air security personnel in the Sambisa forest could spot where the girls are, but since the insurgents have also kidnapped housewives and other women, no one could say whether they mixed them or how they dispersed them.”

 

5. “I said within this month (I will appoint Ministers). Therefore, I still have three weeks. As such, hold back your question until after three weeks, when September ends without me doing that. And you know too well that their names have to be submitted to the Nigerian Senate and the appointees will pass through the Senate’s screening before they become eligible to hold the ministerial offices.”

 

6. “There are people who will closely work with me that don’t need to be taken to the Senate. If I select people whom I know quite well in my political party, whom we came all the way right from the APP, CPC and APC, and have remained together in good or bad situation, the people I have confidence in and I can trust them with any post, will that amount to anything wrong? I have been with them throughout our trying times, what then is the reward of such dedication and suffering?”

 

7. “I said those who bought the electricity companies and the workers must work accordingly. From 1999 to present, Nigeria’s money, totalling $20 billion, not Nigerian naira, but US dollars was spent on Nigeria’s electricity. So the companies involved in whatever way, we have been begging them to come back and work because there may be a time when the push comes to shove on how such monies were spent, the companies must execute the project or refund to Nigeria her money.”

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