January 02, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has praised Nigerians for their courage and resilience which enabled the country to pull through Covid-19 induced economic meltdown in the outgone year and overcome challenges along the path to building a prosperous nation.
The President, who stated this in his New Year message, reassured Nigerians that his administration would continue to sustain policies and programmes that would roll back the worsening insecurity in certain parts of the country threatening to unravel the “incremental gains achieved in the real sectors of the economy and in the administration’s overall objective to position the nation on the irreversible trajectory of sustainable growth and progress.”
He said the Federal Government would remain resolute in its commitments and continue to press ahead with its programmes and plans.
According to him, although the path to nationhood is riddled with unpredictable difficulties and challenges, most tried and tested nations have always prevailed through what he described as dogged determination, resilience, concerted commitment to unity and “the conviction that the whole of the nation, standing together against all odds, is by far greater and would ultimately be more prosperous and viable than the sum of its distinguishable parts.”
President Buhari said security is still at the front burner of priority areas that his administration has given utmost attention to by investing heavily in re-equipping the military, in line with upgrading the platforms and firepower required to tackle the current challenges being faced in the country.
“Government, however, realises that victory on the battlefield is just one aspect of sustainable victory. We know that to fully win this war, we must also win the peace and real security lies in winning the hearts and minds of the affected citizens. To this end, working with our international partners and neighbouring countries, we would be deploying multi-faceted solutions that will be targeted at addressing human security at the grassroots, before it leads to insecurity,” he said, while thanking the security personnel for their gallantry and commiserating with Nigerians, who have lost loved ones as a result of insecurity in different parts of the country.
While he submitted that the government showed a high level of resilience to record some significant achievements despite the turbulence that has characterised our economy and indeed, the global economy, he promised better days ahead in 2022 through a diversified economy that produces jobs, encourages investment and encourages emerging sectors.
He said, “In year 2022 and going forward, our Administration will intentionally leverage ICT platforms to create jobs, while ensuring that the diversification of our economy creates more support to other emerging sectors. I am proud to announce that several foreign investors are taking advantage of our ranking as one of the leading start-up ecosystems in Africa to invest in our digital economy.
“As we welcome 2022, let us, with hope, envision a year of continued progress against our combined challenges arising from security and socio-economic issues.”
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