NG President: Buhari promise to ease citizen's pain

President Muhammdu Buhari has told
Nigerians that he feels the pain of every
citizen
and intends to ease away the pain
as soon as possible.
Speaking through the Minister for Information,
Lai Mohammed at the Vanguard Personality
Award Ceremony which held in Lagos on Friday,
April 8, 2016, Buhari called for patience with his
administration adding that he is working towards
turning the hardship around.
Buhari, who was jointly honoured with his ex-
President, Goodluck Jonathan as Personality of
the Year, 2015, said he's confident in telling
Nigerians that the change agenda is real and
not an electoral gimmick.
In the speech, which was read by Mohammed,
Buhari said, “ Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,
let me use this opportunity to tell our compatriots
that this administration is keenly aware of the
difficulties they are facing at this time, resulting
mostly from the fuel scarcity, poor power supply,
inflation etc."
Continuing, he said, ' As a government that was
propelled into office by the power of the people,
we cannot but feel the pains of our compatriots,
and we deeply empathise with them. We are
working round the clock to ease the pains of
Nigerians, and the efforts of the government have
started yielding fruits as we seek to make the
petroleum products available nationwide, restore
gas supply to the power generating firms, reflate
the economy and put Nigerians back to work.
'We understand that Nigerians have started
questioning whether this indeed is the CHANGE
they voted for, while some have even gone as far
as saying that by voting for our party, Nigerians
have entered one chance.
'Well, I can tell Nigerians that our CHANGE
AGENDA is real, and that indeed, they will get the
change they voted for. Nigerians have not entered
One Chance, because the One Chance drivers and
their conductors have been driven out of town, '
he reassured.
The president further said, ' While we cannot but
provide context for the challenges being faced by
our countrymen and women today, in the sense
that it has taken years of mismanagement,
corruption and inefficiency to get to this sorry
pass, we make no excuses. After all the people
voted for us so we can correct the mistakes of
the past and enthrone good governance.
'We are doing just that. But we want our
compatriots to realize that 16 years of rot cannot
be cleaned up overnight. It is much easier to
destroy than to build. But we are determined to
rebuild our country and to make life more
abundant for our people.
'Change is a process, and that process has
begun. We commend Nigerians for their
perseverance. We urge them not to lose their
confidence in the ability of this Administration to
bring about the much-needed change. The pains
of today are temporary, and will soon give way to
abundance joy as we put our country firmly on the
path of sustainable growth and development