Because of me, Boko Haram doesn’t attack you everyday, Buhari tells Nigerians

Any evaluation of Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram should be fair and not blown out of proportion, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

Buhari made the arguement while receiving the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.

This is according to a statement issued by presidency spokesperson Femi Adesina.

The statement was titled “Criticise us fairly, President Buhari appeals to Nigerian elite”.

“Those criticising the administration should be fair in terms of reflecting on where we were before we came, where we are now and what resources are available to us and what we have done with the limited resources,” Buhari said.

“We had to struggle paying debts, investing in road repairs and rebuilding, to revamp the rail and try to get power. This is what I hope the elite, when they want to criticise will use to compare notes.”

Buhari also gave his regime a pass mark on the security situation in the North-East.

Although he admitted that there were still what he called “occasional Boko Haram problems,” the President said there was a lot of improvements when compared to the past experience of the residents of the affected states.

He added, “What was the situation when we came? Try and ask people from Borno or from Adamawa for that matter and Yobe. What was the condition before we came and what is the condition now?

“Still, there are problems in Borno and Yobe, there are occasional Boko Haram problems, but they know the difference because a lot of them moved out of their states and moved to Kaduna, Kano and here (in Abuja).”

But groups, including the Middle Belt Forum, Chibok community, the Borno Concerned Elders and Coalition of Northern Groups have faulted the president.