Those Who Swear By Holy Book Should Not Abuse Public Office – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised leaders who took the oath of office and swore with the Holy Book to be careful not to abuse the trust of leadership placed on them by the people and God. BLUEPRINTS reports.
Addressing the Emir of Lafia during a visit, retired Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad 1, the president, in company with the host governor, Abdullahi A. Sule, reaffirmed that he has no intention whatsoever to stay beyond the constitutionally recognised two terms of office as leader of Nigeria. Information Guide Nigeria
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”The traditional ruler is on a terminal appointment. Constitutionally, we (elected public office holders) are not. I cannot go beyond two terms and I have sworn by the Holy Quran that I will uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”. jamb results
”Politics apart, whenever we are made to swear by the Holy Quran, we have to be very careful. We must make sure that we do not abuse the trust God has given us as leaders.
”I have seen former governors here and I am looking forward to also becoming a former president,” he said.
The president thanked the people of Nasarawa State for the rousing welcome accorded him, expressing delight that the North-Central state was wearing a new look since his last visit in 2019.
Welcoming the president to the over 200-year old palace, the Emir of Lafia thanked him for ending the problem of insufficient power supply to the state with the provision of 330kVA sub-station.
The Emir, who is also the chairman of Nasarawa state council of chiefs, told the president that the provision of the electricity plant ”has taken out 80 percent of our problem.”
”Our people have never had it so good. Our people are back to their normal life as entrepreneurs, ” he said, adding that the federal government’s projects that were ”standing as ghosts” in the state in the past have now become a reality.
The retired jurist listed the newly inaugurated CBN Building in Lafia, the Federal Secretariat, UBEC Smart School, and completed ecological projects as some of those federal projects in the state under the Buhari administration.
