FROM DESMOND MGBOH, KANO
ELDER Statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying that soon the policies of the government would result in prosperity for all. Maitama spoke Friday at a town hall meeting, organised by the Federal Ministry of Information in conjunction with the Kano State government.
In attendance at the meeting were the Minster of Information , Ahaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Interior, General Abdulraham Bello Dambazzau, Minister of state for Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, Minster of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, and Minister of State, Budget and Planning, Hajia Zainab , Minister of State, Solid Mineral , Bawa Buari.
Alhaji Maitama Sule, Nigeria’s former representative at the United Nations, stated that President Buhari is a good leader who has the interest of Nigerians at heart adding that the president is an honest person who is transparent and committed to manage the economy for the good of all.
He lauded the achievements of the administration in a number of fields and held that the administration is winning the war against insecurity in Nigeria, in addition to its achievement in the war against corruption.
He said that all the achievements have resulted in the improvement of the image of the country before the world. The elder statesman, who recognised the present social economic challenges facing Nigeria, implored the administration to focus on agriculture and the development of the solid minerals of the country as a way out of diversifying the economy.
Maitama, a former Minister of Solid Minerals in the sixties, said that as a former minister he is aware that Nigeria is endowed with the wealth of resources outside oil, saying the country has gold, diamond and other resources.
He charged the governors of the North to work with the Federal Government and dust -up the blueprint of Sir Ahmadu Bello on agriculture in an attempt to develop an ever green Northern Nigeria, adding that solving the nation’s food crisis would go a long way in solving most of the nation’s problems.
In his remarks, the Minister of Information said that the choice of the town hall meeting in Kano is designed to bring information on the achievements of the administration to the grass root.
He described the past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan as sick, weak and corrupt, saying that for the first time, Nigeria is blessed with a President, whose integrity is what is actually driving the force in this country.