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We Conquered Hunger In Rural Areas, President Buhari Tells Nigerians In A Farewell Speech

<h4>We Conquered Hunger In Rural Areas<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that President Muhammadu Buhari who is billed to hand over power tomorrow&comma; May 29 has thanked Nigerians for tolerating him in the past eight years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He says he is leaving Nigeria better that how he met it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buhari emphasized that his administration conquered hunger in the rural areas and accelerated skill acquisitions for young citizens&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We increased the ability of the poor and rural Nigerians to earn a living&comma; provided more food for millions in our villages and gave our women opportunities to earn a living&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Young men and women in urban centres were also supported to put their skills into productive use&period; Our administration also provided an enabling environment for the private sector to engage in businesses for which their return on investments is guaranteed&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buhari however apologised to Nigerians for what he called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;temporary pains and suffering caused by some of the measures taken by his government&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a farewell speech to the nation on Sunday morning&comma; Buhari further said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the course of revamping the economy&comma; we made some difficult choices&comma; most of which yielded the desired results&period; Some of the measures led to temporary pain and suffering for which I sincerely apologised to my fellow countrymen&comma; but the measures were taken for the over-all good of the country&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the economic front&comma; Buhari maintained that he is leaving the country better than he met it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buhari said&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Nigerian economy has become more resilient due to the various strategies put in place to ensure that our economy remained afloat during cases of global economic downturns<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You would all recall the supply chain disruptions and economic downturn that the world witnessed between 2020 and 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic&period; The deftness of our response to the pandemic still remains a global best practice&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The private sector proved a strong partner in our drive to build a resilient and sustainable economy as evidenced by the growing number of turn-key projects in various sectors of the economy&comma;” he stated<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buhari was elected Nigeria’s president in 2015&comma; ending the 16-year rule of the People’s Democratic Party&comma; PDP&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was re-elected for a second term in 2019 and will hand over power to Bola Tinubu&comma; president-elect&comma; on May 29&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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