Tinubu: I won’t rest until every agent of darkness is rooted out

President Bola Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu says the task of eliminating elements of darkness causing insecurity in Nigeria would be sustained by his administration, noting that his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, did the best in the situation.

Tinubu said this at the public presentation of books on Buhari’s administration in Abuja on Tuesday, January 16, 2023.

The president described the transportation roadmap of Buhari’s administration as a laudable project, adding that the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressway would be completed by his administration.

He said: “I must say the job of securing every inch of our country is yet to be finished. My government will stamp out the remaining vestiges of Boko Haram, Ansaru, banditry, and kidnapping gangs. We won’t rest until every agent of darkness is completely rooted out.

“President Buhari assumed office at a very difficult period of our national life when the economy was spiralling into recession and Boko Haram had taken over swaths of our territory in North-East.

“At a point, it appeared even Abuja, the seat of government would fall into the hands of Boko Haram with the bombing of the UN Building, Banex Plaza, Nyanya, and other locations within the Federal Capital Territory.”

President Tinubu added that his government would continue with the various developmental strides of Buhari’s administration, saying: “Our administration will continue to work from where President Buhari stopped; to make our country better, create a vibrant economy, and secure the environment to bring more prosperity to our people.

“It will be said glowingly of President Buhari that in his eight turbulent years, marked by acute shortage of revenue, COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the global economy for almost two years, his administration embarked on the most ambitious infrastructural renewal for the country.”

Tinubu commended Buhari for his dedication and service to the nation over time, stressing that the books were appropriate records of his service.

“The authors of the books we are here to present to the public have done justice to the essential Muhammadu Buhari, especially on his tenure and legacy as the 15th President of Nigeria,” the president said.

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