{"id":7663,"date":"2018-02-19T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2018-02-19T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:34:09","slug":"i-will-not-repeat-mistake-of-my-first-coming-we-will-sell-off-recovered-assets-says-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=7663","title":{"rendered":"I will not repeat mistake of my first coming, we will sell off recovered assets, says Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>ALL RECOVERED ASSETS TO BE<\/u><\/strong><u> SOLD-<\/u><u>OFF<\/u><strong><u> \u2013 PRESIDENT BUHARI<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nBy <strong>Garba Shehu<\/strong>, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity.<br \/>\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, his hometown, said all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country.<br \/>\nPresident Buhari who gave the assurance when he received representatives of social groups in Daura Emirate said his administration will continue to pursue a robust, effective and legitimate anti-corruption campaign that safeguards the treasury and commonwealth of all Nigerians.<br \/>\nThe President said he would not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1980s when buildings and other ill-gotten property seized by his military administration were returned to corrupt officials following his ouster as Head of State.<br \/>\nThe President told the groups that the APC-led government will consolidate on the gains and monumental achievements in the development of infrastructure across the country.<br \/>\n\u201cFor most ordinary Nigerians, if you give them good roads, railway and stable electric power they will be happy to carry on with their lives.<br \/>\n\u2018\u2018We are doing so much for our country and we will continue to do more out of the fear of God,\u201d the President said.<br \/>\nOn agriculture development, the President promised that the Federal Government will sustain the provision of funds, improved seedlings and fertilizer to farmers to ensure that the sector remains the largest employer of labour to Nigerians.<br \/>\nOn the key priorities of the administration, the President maintained that the records of achievements on security, war against corruption and the revival of the economy, have remained very impressive.<br \/>\nHe expressed delight that more young people are venturing into agribusiness while security, especially in the northeast, had remarkably changed from what he met in 2015.<br \/>\nAlhaji Mohammed Saleh, the spokesman of the delegations, commended President Buhari for implementing policies and programmes that have created gainful employment to thousands of young Nigerians under the Social Investment Programme.<br \/>\nSaleh said improved electricity supply in their communities and growing foreign reserves are clear indications of good management of the economy under the present administration.<br \/>\nThe delegations also congratulated the President on his appointment as the continental Champion against corruption by the African Union, noting that it underscored the global appreciation of the good work he is doing in fighting corruption.<br \/>\nThey also commiserated with the President on the recent loss of his close family members.<br \/>\nThe groups represented at the meeting were the Daura Emirate Coalition of Associations; the Amalgamation of Daura Emirate Political Associations; the Buhari Group; the Daura Emirate Development Forum; Women in Politics in Daura Emirate and the Daura Emirate Consultative Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALL RECOVERED ASSETS TO BE SOLD-OFF \u2013 PRESIDENT BUHARI By Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity. President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, his hometown, said all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country. President Buhari [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}