Following critics of the present administration who believed Nigerians have vote for ‘one chance’ instead of change, President Muhammadu Buhari has said his goverment change agenda is real, assuring Nigerians that indeed, they would get the change they voted for.
He also commended Nigerians for their perseverance, saying he was was keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians were facing at this time, resulting mostly from the fuel scarcity, poor power supply, and inflation.
Speaking at the 2015 Vanguard Awards in Lagos on Friday night, where he was honoured with the personality of the year award 2015, the president gave the assurance that the difficulties are only temporary.
Buhari, who was represented by Mohammed, said that he understood that Nigerians had started questioning whether this indeed was the change they voted for, while some had even gone as far as saying that by voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigerians have entered “one chance.”
“Well, I can tell Nigerians that our change agenda is real, and that indeed, they will get the change they voted for. Nigerians have not entered ‘one chance’, because the ‘one chance’ drivers and their conductors have been driven out of town,” the president said.
“Change is a process, and that process has begun. The pains of today are temporary, and will soon give way to abundance joy as we put our country firmly on the path of sustainable growth and development.”
The president said that all Nigerians, the civil society organisations and the media were the real heroes of the last general election in particular and the country’s democracy in general, adding: “And they, more than anyone or group of people, deserve all the accolades.”
At the event, Mr. President also commended the media for the role it played in ensuring the relative success of the last general election, and the resilience of the nation’s democracy since the beginning of this republic
