President Muhammadu Buhari, has made it known to Nigerians that if he wins the 2019 presidential elections and spend another four years in office, that he will make Nigeria better.
Buhari made this remark in a Meeting with the Nigerian community on the margins of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York.
President Buhari, however, regretted that the elite allowed Nigeria to be mismanaged for 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rule.
"I was called Baba Go Slow. Those who were going fast, where did they get to?
"In 1983, military officers gathered, and made me Head of State. I packed the politicians into jail, told them they were guilty until they could prove their innocence. We seized what they had looted, but after I myself was put in detention, the politicians were given back what they had looted. How many elite complained about that?
"Three times I contested elections; three times I went to court after the elections were rigged against me. No justice, but I said 'God dey.'
"It was mainly the ordinary people that stood by me. That is why I am always conscious of them. They are my constituency. Even pregnant women on the queue would fall into labour, go to have their babies, and still come back to vote for me. I will keep doing my best for the country."
Most expressed the wish to come back home to contribute to the development in Nigeria.
Mr Buhari said they should invest in education in their constituencies. “You are contributing to this great country (America). If you want to help back home, invest in education in your constituencies. If you educate people, they won't then accept nonsense from anybody."
Buhari said the administration he leads has kept faith with its three key campaign promises; to secure the country, revive the economy and fight corruption.
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