President Muhammadu Buhari, has disclosed that he is eager to vacate the office of the president and hand over to his successor because it has a tough one serving as the president of the federation.
This was disclosed on Monday as he called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to reconsider their stand on the ongoing ASUU strike and consider the plight of the future generations of the country as the strike stretches into the fifth month.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), described his seven years in office as “tough” saying “I am eager to go.”
According to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said this when he received some governors of the All Progressives Congress, legislators, and political leaders at his residence in Daura, Katsina State.
The statement is titled ‘Enough is enough, President Buhari tells ASUU, urges lecturers to consider generational consequences.’
The president said that the last seven years serving as president has taken a toll on him, such that there are observations that suggested he has abandoned his home because of the weight of responsibility he has had to shoulder.
He also disclosed that when he steps down as president, he will return to his country home in Daura and not Kaduna where he has a better house because it’s too close to Abuja.
He said, “The observation that I abandoned my base was made by the Emir of Daura, Dr. Faruk Umar Faruk, at the eid prayer ground. He held the microphone and told everyone that the last time I was in Daura was during the Eid-el-Kabir of 2021.”
“In ten to eleven months time, I will come here. I have a better house in Kaduna, but it is too close to Abuja.”
The President explained that the schedule of work was much, saying he recently had to sympathise with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, who had to be away most of the time from his family.
He claimed that relative to the resources available, and compared to the last administration, the government had done well in many areas, particularly in infrastructure.
“I am eager to go. I can tell you it has been tough. I am grateful to God that people appreciate the personal sacrifices we have been making. I wish the person who is coming after me the very best,” he said.
APC Governors at the lunch with the President include; Aminu Masari of Katsina State, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Bello of Niger State, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Dr. Fayemi Kayode of Ekiti State and Simon Lalong of Plateau State.
