Buhari during the Iftar Dinner with State Governors, Security Chiefs, and others, Tuesday
Buhari blames ‘agents of destabilisation’ for rising insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents of destabilization, who he blamed for the rising spate of insecurity across the country..
President Buhari had hosted Governors of the 36 States of the Federation, security chiefs and heads of para-military organisations to Iftar dinner at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Some of the presidential guests had earlier joined the president in performing the Magrib prayer at the Aso Villa Mosque before the commencement of the breaking of fast.
The president had hosted the leadership of the nation’s judiciary to Iftar dinner on Thursday.
At the event, President Buhari pledged that the Executive arm of the government would continue to respect the judiciary within the boundaries laid out in the Constitution in order to strengthen the country’s democracy.
The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, stated that Buhari made the declaration at the breaking of Ramadan fasting (Iftar) attended by governors, ministers and heads of government agencies.
He said the agents were bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilise Nigeria.
“We have the land, we have the resources, and we have the people.
“I do not know why people will allow themselves to be successfully subverted to destabilise their own country,’’ Adesina quoted the president as saying.
The president thanked the governors and ministers for honouring his invitation to break the Ramadan fast and expressed the confidence that in spite of current security challenges, the country would succeed.
On the 2023 general elections, the president affirmed that being beneficiary of free, fair and credible elections, the introduction of technology would make it impossible for anyone to claim millions of votes again in Nigeria.
In his remarks, Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Kayode Fayemi, commended the president for demonstrating resilience and determination at a crucial period in Nigeria’s history.
“We have a leader who is not distracted by momentary challenges but has continued to commit to the renewal of our nation.
“We also have governors, ministers and heads of government agencies that are equally dedicated to building a better Nigeria, under the president’s watch,’’ he said.
Fayemi noted that this year’s month of Ramadan coincided with the just- concluded Christian Lenten period.
“It holds enormous spiritual value on the benefits of renewal, sacrifice, almsgiving, forgiveness and healing for the individual as well as for the nation,’’ he said.
