President Buhari thanks Nigerians for the leadership opportunity

President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked Nigerians for giving him the opportunity to lead them as their President from 2015 till date.

The President stated this on Saturday in a live broadcast to mark the 2022 Independence Day celebration.

“With a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of appreciation to all Nigerians, whose tremendous goodwill gave me the opportunity to provide leadership for our great country at one of the trying times in her history.”

​“I am honoured to say that my story in the annals of Nigeria’s history is no household secret. My various attempts, failures and eventual success in being elected as a Democratic President in 2015 was made possible by the majority of Nigerians.”

“When you elected me, I readily acknowledged that the tasks before me were daunting but surmountable because of the growing national consensus that our chosen route to national development was democracy.” he added.

The President acknowledged that from the onset he knew that Nigeria’s democracy was to be anchored on a clear understanding, application and the principles of separation of powers supported by a reformed public service that is more effective.