I inherited ‘virtually empty treasury’----Buhari
(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the
country was almost broke, pointing out that he inherited a "virtually
empty treasury" with debts running into hundreds of millions of dollars.
Buhari spoke on Monday at a meeting with members of the
State House Press Corps in Abuja. He said it was a disgrace that Nigeria was
not able to pay workers salaries as a result of bad management of the country’s
resources.
He added there was already a lot of pressure on his
government due to the huge expectations of Nigerians on what they desire from
the administration.
Buhari called on the media to cooperate with his
administration, as he choose Femi Adesina to be his Adviser because he is 'one
of the best'.
"Whether my job is a difficult one or easy it is up to
him, but I'm here to thank you in advance for what good and ill you are going
to do to me.
"I have to quickly come and see you and welcome you to
this place. I hope what happened of recent between the former president and
one of you (the seizure of the accreditation of the Radio Germany reporter)
will not happen between me and you.
"I hope as we start, this culture will develop. My
first 100 days is bringing so much pressure with treasury virtually empty, with
debts in millions of dollars, with state workers and even federal workers not
paid their salaries. It is such a disgrace for Nigeria. I think Nigeria should be
in a position to even pay its workers. This bad management that we find
ourselves in, we really need your help to protect us from people before they
match on us," he said.
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