Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Boss Mustafa, has said the tough decisions President Muhammadu Buhari will take during his second term, will be in the interest of the country.
Mr Mustafa said this in Yola on Monday. He was responding to fears raised following a statement by the president that his second term would be tough.
He described the president as a good man, who had the trust of ordinary Nigerians and would like to see improvement in their lives, while the nation moved to the next level.
“When we came to power in 2015 about 27 states couldn’t pay salaries; we had to take tough decisions like giving them bail-out and Paris Club refund.
“These are tough decisions. By such tough decisions we are able to raise the number of rice farmers from 4 million to 12 million and we are about 98 per cent self-sufficient in rice.
“Due to the establishment of many fertilizer blending plants after we banned the importation of fertilizer, the product is now available and the prize is going down,” Mustafa said.
He also said anti-graft institutions such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and others, were being strengthened to tackle corruption.
“It’s better to prevent it (corruption) instead of spending a lot of money prosecuting corruption cases,” Mustafa said.
