SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has requested religious leaders throughout the country to keep calming the people with the message of hope to their followers that things will improve.
He made this known, on Thursday, at a meeting with the Council of Abuja Imams at the State House saying that his government is aware of the challenges facing the average citizen adding that the leadership at various levels is trying to solve the problems of poverty, unemployment and insecurity bedevilling the country.
To key into this, the President requested state governments and community leaders across the country to organize the population into cooperative societies, stressing that “extension services, not money will be provided.”
He assured them that the steps the government was carefully taking on the crisis situation in the Niger Delta would lead to long term peace and stabilize the region.
“We have no plan to humiliate or embarrass anyone through these actions. We are merely interested in instituting justice and fairness for all,” the President assured.
Earlier, the Chairman of Abuja Council of Imams, Dr. Tajudeen Mohammed Bello Adigun on behalf of the delegation commended the efforts of the Buhari administration in the war against corruption and terrorism.
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