Buhari has served Nigerians well – Masari
Aminu Bello Masari, the governor of Katsina state, has said Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has not failed Nigerians.
The governor made this statement yesterday while speaking with a Television Continental interview in Abuja. He said Buhari should be commended by Nigerians for tolerating “rubbish from some people.”
According to him, “The rating of the President has not changed. Anybody saying that the rating of the Buhari administration has gone down should wait till when we would have an election”.
“Protests are necessary in a democracy. Even in the best democracy in the world, people protest. The fact that we have democracy does not mean that people should not complain or protest”.
“I don’t think Buhari has failed us, I think he has tolerated us. We once had a civilian president who couldn’t take the rubbish that Buhari is taking from some people”
He then said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is “the strongest, most reliable, and dependable party in Nigeria today.”
According to Masari, negotiations between bandits and the Buhari’s administration has broken down in the past because the bandits did not have a recognised leader.
“I started the idea of dialogue with bandits way back in 2016 in collaboration with the heads of security agencies and we visited areas where the bandits were in charge”.
“Some of them laid down their arms but the agitation continues and it escalated last year with the kidnap of the Kankara boys”.
“The previous dialogue failed because the bandits are not under an organised leadership or umbrella. They are in various groups and categories.”
