by Azeez Adeniyi

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to persevere and exercise patience with his government.

‎Buhari made the remark during the inauguration of the North-West zone of the National Committee of Buhari Support Group in Kano on Thursday.

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Buhari who was represented by the Senate Leader, Sen. Ahmad Lawan said the sacrifice and perseverance of Nigerians would not go in vain as the administration was doing everything in its capacity to get the country out the current recession.‎

“We need to re-strategise, but the planning period is always very difficult in any organisation or nation.‎

“Already, as you can see, the country is coming out of economic recession, soon the prices of commodities will go down, and generally things will take a good shape.‎

‎”We call on Nigerians to be patient and not to lose hope”, he said.‎

He said the three key areas of the government was fighting insurgency, corruption and achieving sound economy.

“I urge us to be prayerful and by God’s grace we shall get better and stronger as a nation”, he said.

Azeez