CORRUPT POLITICIANS ARE THE SPONSORS OF NIGER DELTA MILITANTS - BUHARI

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Friday, September 23, 2016
Linda Ikeji at 9/23/2016 05:23:00 PM
Those who stole from Nigeria
recruited militants in the Niger
Delta to fight us- Pres Buhari
says
President Buhri today said those who stole
Nigeria dry are angry with his government and
so have recruited the services of militants in
the Niger Delta to fight his government. He said
this while addressing a group of Nigerians
professionals residing in the US.
"We got into trouble as a country,
because we did not save for the rainy
day. For example, between 1999 and
2015, when we produced an average of
2.1 million barrels of oil per day, and oil
prices stood at an average of $100 per
barrel, we did not save, neither did we
develop infrastructure. Suddenly, when
we came in 2015, oil prices fell to about
30 dollars per barrel. I asked; where are
the savings? There were none.
Where are the railways? The roads?
Power? None. I further asked; what did
we do with billions of dollars that we
made over the years? They said we
bought food. Food with billions of
dollars? I did not believe, and still do not
believe. In most parts of Nigeria, we eat
what we grow. People in the South eat
tubers, those in the North eat grains,
which they plant, and those constitute
over 60 per cent of what we eat. So,
where did the billions of dollars go? We
did a lot of damage to ourselves by not
developing infrastructure when we had
the money. Talking of our military, they
earned respect serving in places like
Burma, Zaire, Sudan, Liberia, Sierra-
Leone, and then, suddenly, that same
military could no longer secure 14 out of
774 local governments in the country.
Insurgents had seized them, calling them
some sort of caliphate, and planting their
flags there; till we came, and scattered
them. We raised the morale of our
military, changed the leadership, re-
equipped and retrained them; USA,
Britain, and some other countries helped
us, and today, the pride of our military is
restored"he said
On Boko Haram, he said
"They ran riot, killing innocent people in
churches, mosques, markets, schools,
motor parks, and so on. And they would
then shout Allahu Akbar. But if they truly
knew Allah, they would not do such evil.
Neither Islam, nor any other religion I
know of, advocates hurting the innocent.
But they shed innocent blood, killed
people in their thousands. Now, we have
dealt with that insurgency, and subverted
their recruitment base. Those who stole
Nigeria dry are not happy. They recruited
the militants against us in the Niger
Delta, and began to sabotage oil
infrastructure. We lose millions of barrels
per day, at a time when every dollar we
can earn, counts. It is a disgrace that a
minimum of 27 states, out of 36 that we
have in Nigeria, can't pay salaries. But I
prayed so hard for God to make me
President. I ran in 2003, 2007, 2011, and
in 2015, He did. And see what I met on
ground. But I can't complain, since I
prayed for the job. In the military, I rose
from 2nd Lieutenant to Major-General. I
was military governor in 1975 over a
state that is now six states. I was head
of state, got detained for three years,
and headed the Petroleum Trust Fund
(PTF), which had N53 billion of that time
in Nigerian banks. God has been very
good to me, so I can't complain. If I feel
hurt by anybody, I ask God to help me
forgive. He has done so much for me.
After 16 years of a different party in
government, no party will come and have
things easy. It's human. We need quality
hands to run Nigeria, and we will utilize
them. I will like to welcome you home
when it's time. But I'll like you to be
ready."he said




Source :LIB
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE