Change will come after much hard work and patience - Buhari

- Buhari says change will come after much hard work, patience and perseverance

- The Nigerian president says he will keep to his promise, as he plans to do everything possible to make live better for Nigerians

- Governor Rauf Aregbesola says President Buhari has not disappointed the citizens as regards his promise to the people

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the promised change by his administration will come after much hard work, patience and perseverance, Premium Times reports.

Speaking at his at his one-day working visit to Osun state, on Thursday, September 2, Buhari promised that his administration will do everything for possible to make life better for Nigerians, even as the nation is being faced with the ugly reality of recession.

He said: “During our campaigns, we promised our people positive and progressive change,” he said.

“But history has taught us that change does not come as easy as that. Change will come after much hard work, patience and perseverance.

“We promised that we shall do everything for our country and our people and this won’t be long in coming.”

Buhari also used the occasion to commission some projects executed by the Rauf Aregbesola administration, including the Osogbo Government High School which has about 3000 students’ capacity.

The president expressed his felicitation on the commemoration of the creation of Osun 25 years ago, saying its creation was for development.

He said: “Our government has been helping states to realise their developmental plans irrespective of political parties.

“We are here to commission Osogbo Government High School, one of the legacy projects of Rauf Aregbesola.

“The facility here is worthy of emulation by other states. What we are witnessing here is a fulfilment of our government policy on education.

“The economy of scales in this edifice is unquantifiable and so we must seize the opportunities the school has in stock.”

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Reacting after, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state said President Buhari has not disappointed the citizens as regards his promise to the people.

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The governor accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the cause of the challenges we are Nigerians, as a result of the party rape of the nation’s resources

Aregbesola said: “He has not disappointed us. He has faced his task with courage and doggedness. No doubt, he is facing some challenges part of which is the fall in revenue that has put about 28 states under severe financial crisis.

“He continues with a rare sense of doggedness and faith in God as he faces the turbulent situations. We are satisfied with the way he manages the affairs of the state and leads us.

“The challenges we are facing are as a result of the previous party’s PDP rape of our resources.”

Governor Aregbesola put the cost of the newly commissioned Osogbo Government High School at N1.35 billion, and said the school had standard facilities.

He said besides classrooms, there are offices, laboratories, toilets, library, bookshop, sick bay, and multi-purpose hall which can accommodate 1000 students for examinations.

He said: “It is part of our party’s manifesto to provide basic education and you can see that in the way All Progressive Congress governed states pay so much attention and commitment to education.

“When we came in here at Osun, we first held an education submit headed by Prof. Wole Soyinka. Now, we have built 14 elementary schools, 15 middle schools and 11 high schools.”

Dignitaries in attendance at the event include; Governors of Oyo, Borno and Lagos States, Abiola Ajimobi, Ibrahim Shettima and Akinwunmi Ambode respectively.

Deputy governors, ministers, members of the national and state houses assembly, and permanent secretaries were also in attendance.

Legit.ng recalls that Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president recently said that Nigerians should not be in a rush with the present federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari, as it took over a bad economy from the former administration.

Osinbajo informed the citizens that the Buhari-led government was working 24 hours every day to find a lasting solution to the present harsh economy.

He said the administration of President Buhari has concluded that before the end of September, the Bank of Agriculture will begin giving out single digit interest loans to farmers in the country.l

Source: Legit.ng