Buhari shared an anecdote of how someone close to him asked him to speak to the Abuja minister to allocate him a plot of land; quoting the person as saying “I will sell it and use the money to marry another wife.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would immediately move to Daura, Katsina State when he leaves office next year so as not to distract his successor.
Buhari stated this on Sunday when FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, led some residents of the city in paying the president the Christmas Day homage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President also told members of the FCT community that he had not built a new house in Daura or anywhere.
President Buhari also used the occasion to commend the FCT Minister, saying he retained the cabinet position for so long because of his honesty and hard work.
According to the president, he is aware that the office of the Minister of the FCT is burdened with requests for land allocation from highly placed Nigerians, who often disposed of their allocations for financial gains and other priorities.
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Buhari shared an anecdote of how someone close to him asked him to speak to the Abuja minister to allocate him a plot of land; quoting the person as saying “I will sell it and use the money to marry another wife.”
The president said: “I was overwhelmed by the priority of some people who need a plot of land not to develop it but to sell it and marry another wife. I don’t know how the minister copes with such people who are extremely serious about such things.
“And I think about 45 per cent of those who have been given land allocation in the FCT have sold it and didn’t develop it according to the laid down criteria (master plan).”
Vice Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), FCT, Rev. Stephen Panyan, who represented CAN National President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, commended Buhari for doing his best for the country.
He noted that amid criticisms, the President had never ordered the arrest, incarceration or harassment of any journalist or political opponent.