Every month my government saves Nigeria N25 billion - Buhari

Every month my government
saves Nigeria N25 billion - Buhari
- Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari
says about N25 billion monthly is being
saved by his administration
- The president said this was made possible
by stopping unnecessary allowances for
government officials
- President Buhari also said his government
has tackled corruption effectively
President Muhammadu Buhari has said
that his administration saves the nation
about N25 billion monthly, Premium
Times reports.
LETSKNOW gathered that President Buhari
stated this on Saturday, November 25,
in Jos, at the graduation ceremony of
Senior Executive Course 39 of the
National Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Plateau
state.
Represented by Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, Buhari said his government
was able to achieve this through the
stoppage of unnecessary allowances for
government officials and blockage of
other financial leakages in all its
agencies.
The president also scored his
government high saying the
administration has effectively tackled
corruption, adding that said the
government will not relent in its fight
against graft.
The vice president said the ongoing
elementary school feeding programme
has targeted 5.5 million children to be
captured in 19 states before the end the
administration’s tenure.
He also said the challenges being faced
concerning power supply in Nigeria will
soon be history.
He urged authories of NIPSS to improve
on recommendations made by its
participants while discussing national
economic development.
He assured that the federal government
would make ”good use of
recommendations of the course
participants on agriculture.”
LETSKNOW previously reported that the
Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed said President
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration
recorded laudable achievements , in
spite of terrible economic downturn and
an empty purse foisted on it.
The minister said this at the
inauguration of a book chronicling the
administration’s achievements in
Abuja.
The minister said through commitment
to discipline, determination and
transparency, the administration
recorded landmark achievements that
were putting our country on the path of
sustainable growth