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| Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari |
Speaking in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, Okri said that Buhari would prove to Nigerians and the international community that corruption can be checked as soon as the president-elect begins work.
He said, “Unlike other presidents who were not prepared for leadership but foisted on the country by individuals and interest groups, the President-elect has consistently presented himself to the electorate to lead the country on four occasions and had his visions well enunciated.
“Buhari is taking over government on May 29 and from that day, I expect that he will make major pronouncements that will position Nigeria for greatness. This country must have a direction and move in the way it should. We don’t have any reason to be poor. We have no reason to remain the way we are – not after earning more than $50bn annually from oil and gas.”
He also explained that although the expectations of the people from the incoming administration were high, Nigerians might need to calm down because “Rome was not built in a day.” He said that within the period of one year of Buhari’s presidency, the international perception about the country would change and Nigeria would regain her rightful place in the comity of nations.
He also cried out about the degrading state of the Uyo-Afaha-Nkan-Nkwot- Nnung-Ukum Road which had remained an eyesore. He regretted that the people of Ikono were made to suffer untold hardship from “a government that claimed it had already completed the road at the cost of N26.4bn in the 2014 budget.”
