North-East People Benefitted More from Buhari’s Administration, Says Lawan Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday said that the people of the North-East geopolitical zone benefi
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday said that the people of the North-East geopolitical zone benefitted from the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, than any other zones in the country.
He said: “Mr. President , we in the North-East are probably the most beneficiaries of your administration. “You appointed our son, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, as the Chief of Army Staff, and of course Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff.“The North-east, from 2015 particularly, enjoyed the most important appointments in your administration. That is to say that you are a northeasterner.The Senate President took a swipe again at the opposition People’s Democratic Party alleging that while the party was in power, it abandoned the people in the northeast to Boko Haram insurgency.
The Senate President thanked President Buhari for the many benefits, which the north-east enjoyed from his government.“PDP abandoned us until you came into office. In 2015, when you were sworn in, your first task was to liberate us. Thank you very much that you did.”
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