President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, said the next four years of his administration will be tough while admitting that unemployment in the country was now very severe. He, however, promised to tackle unemployment and focus squarely on the economy in his second term in office.
The President stated this while hosting members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that came to congratulate him on his re-election, at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa.
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Buhari said while receiving the FEC members: “On the economy, unemployment is a problem of this country as a whole. More than 60 per cent of the youths, they need to be kept busy.
“I realised that God heard our prayers. It had been two good rainy seasons and we had the foresight to get the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Central Bank to try and give soft loans to farmers so that everybody that is educated and looking for white collar jobs and cannot get it, can go back to the land.”
The president said the next four years would be tough but also promised to keep to campaign promises.
“My last lap of four years, I think it is going to be tough because people are being forgetful. That was why wherever I went, I reminded them of the campaign promise of our party, particularly security, as I kept on saying that you have to secure the country well and institutions.
“If you don’t secure the country, you can’t achieve anything no matter how many programmes you put in place.”
