Buhari Is A Friend Of The Average Nigerian – BMO

The Buhari Media Organisation has shared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the recent election is as a result of his people-friendly policies.

The association disclosed that it is the reason why labour movements decided to use May Day to mark the President instead of making it a day for protests which was the norm among workers across the globe.

The group’s stance was revealed in a recent statement by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju; and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke.

The statement read, “That the President is a friend of the average Nigerian is incontestable. No one would forget in a hurry how Buhari looked state governors in the eyes and wondered how they could afford to sleep at night knowing that they were owing workers several months’ salary arrears!

“This was what led to the disbursement of approximately N1.75tn as extra-statutory bailout funds to the states since the advent of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, to enable them to pay a backlog of salaries.

“That singular act saved the jobs of millions of civil servants who could have been retrenched as a result of the inability of states to pay salaries.

“There is also the $5.4bn Paris Club refund paid in three tranches and which was meant to re-inflate the economy in states that were too broke to carry out several of their official responsibilities.

“We make bold to say that President Buhari’s focus was solely on the people when he approved the disbursement of bailout funds and Paris Club refund, and invariably stopped what could have been mass retrenchment of workers especially in the aftermath of the 2015 recession.”