» Economic Crisis A Blessing – Buhari «

President Muhammadu Buhari says the current economic
crisis plaguing the nation is a blessing in disguise.
Buhari said this at the opening ceremony of the
International Islamic Conference on Peace and Nation
Building in Abuja on Thursday.
The President said that through the hardship, Nigerians
would be able to come up with ideas that would in turn
lead to development.
He said, “The global economic challenges the world is
grappling with today might well turn out to be a blessing
for us in Nigeria, because it will stimulate the latent
economic opportunities that we have left untapped for
decades.
“Poverty breeds disaffection, which in turn leads to crime
and lawlessness including confrontation against the State.
To checkmate this, we must work hard to lift our economy,
engage our youth and rebuild infrastructure.
“We can only achieve these with the full cooperation of all
Nigerians and under a stable polity. We are determined to
do this and we shall not be deterred.
”Buhari lamented the level of official corruption in the
nation, adding that it led to many years of hardship for
Nigerians.
He, however, promised to do everything possible to curb
the menace.
While declaring the conference open, the President
commended the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa Iqamatis Sunna
and the Muslim World League for the event at a time when
the nation is grappling with insecurity.
Buhari, who described Boko Haram as a mindless terrorist
organisation, said the Federal Government was winning the
fight against insurgency.
He said once the war is over, the government would
commission a sociological study to determine the origin,
the remote and immediate causes of the movement, its
sponsors, its international connections if any, to ensure
that measures are taken to prevent a resurgence.