Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with members of the National Council of traditional rulers and talked about how dissappointed he was with the way the Paris Club Refund was spent by some state governors.
The Federal government had on May 4, 2017 released details of the second tranche of Paris Club refund to States totalling N243. 795 billion.
“We have to digress this much because I would like to convince you that I’m living with the problems of this country day-by-day, and mostly those of the ordinary people.
“There are Nigerians that haven’t been paid for six months; there are Nigerians that have not been paid their retirement benefits for years.
“I’m appealing to the governors, (that was why we voted money, we borrowed money), please make sure anybody under you, pay them because most of them depend on that salary to pay rent, school fees,’’ he said.
“We are lucky, last year and this year, the rainy season was good. If it were not good, I’m confiding in you, which country shall I run to? But God answered the prayers of most Nigerians.
“The rainy season last year was good, this year, from the reports I’m getting, it is good. We thank God for that, only God can do that for us otherwise there would have been lot of problems in this country.”
He also said that his administration would continue to do its best in ensuring developmental projects to improve the standard of living of all Nigerians irrespective of their geo-political backgrounds.
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