No preference for any ethnic, religious group Buhari
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condemning the orchestrated attacks in benue as ungodly the president assured the benue apc leaders that efforts were being made to bring the perpetrators to justice and appealed for patience while the progress is on1 president muhammadu buhari has told a delegation of apc that he had no preferred ethnic or religion group and would deal with leaders and public officials who embezzle public funds and deny workers their benefits1 therefore if anybody tries to create any impression that i prefer any group across ethnicity or religion let him dare me by being caught red-handed stealing public funds. i will deal with him president buhari said1 he said that the federal executive council fec had been monitoring the plight of workers across the country and utilisation of the bailout and paris club funds by some states1 according to him the federal governments bailout to states and the payment of paris club refunds to them were basically to alleviate the sufferings of the people1 despite the bailout several states still owe workers and pensioners a development the president is unhappy about1 i honestly dont know how people sleep when workers have not been paid. the workers have to pay rent buy food send their children to school and they have healthcare to take care of he lamented describing misappropriation of the funds as unjust and unfair to workers1 apart from the issues of workers welfare and corruption president buhari informed the delegation that the federal government had made significant progress in diversifying the economy1 this he explained was achieved through investment in agriculture and the encouragement of more individuals and entrepreneurs to go into farming1 he is optimistic that nigeria would soon become self-sufficient in feeding its citizenry as a result of the investment in agriculture1 we are proud of what we have achieved with resources at our disposal he said listing ongoing road rail seaport airport and power projects as hallmarks of his administrations commitment to improving lives1 i assure you that my main interest is all nigerians in all parts of the country president buhari told the delegation of all progressives congress apcfrom benue state led by senator george akume1 we know about herders. the ones we knew carried sticks and sometimes cutlasses to cut foliage for their cattle. we now have people who carry ak 47s and pretend they are herdsmen1 we are working hard to secure our borders. we are going to see how the old cattle routes can be opened. we will control movement. please beg our people to be patient1 the president pointed out that security personnel were already uncovering the network of the killers and arresting them1 the leader of the apc delegation and former benue state governor akume said the apc stakeholders had faith in the president1 mr president we know your commitment to nigeria. we know how much you love the country and will be ready to die for the good cause senator akume said1 he assured the president that apc members had started sensitisation and mobilisation of voters for the 2019 elections noting that more had accepted the party and its manifesto in the state1 senator akume also praised president buhari for the flag-off of the dualisation of the abuja-keffi-lafia-makurdi road1 he however called for more attention for the makurdi-otukpo road and the water projects in gboko and otukpo1 you have worked hard to stop herdsmen and farmers clashes in benue. it is important to note that many people used religion and ethnicity to score cheap points. religion was used in benue for sinister purposes he added1 the senator also praised the president for the war on corruption insisting that his administration has made a significant difference by tackling perpetrators1