President elect Muhammadu Buhari has given assurance to Nigerians that he will handle state resources with utmost responsibility and honesty, and will not condone looting of public fund.
He said this while receiving a delegation of the people from his home state, Katsina, who came to congratulate him as he won the Presidential election. Buhari said savings from his war against corruption would be ploughed into education, with the objective of empowering citizens.
"if you give education to a man or woman, you have empowered them to be productive. There's no better way to empowerment", he said.
The President elect also expressed his commitment to multiparty democracy as the best system of government, and appealed to all citizens to imbibe courage and perseverance, virtues he said.
The leaders of the delegation who spoke on the occasion, included the state chairman of the Katsina state chapter of the All Progressive Congress APC, Mustapha Inuwa, a former governor of the state, Saidu Barda, a Muslim cleric, a representative of federal legislators and a representative of the traditional institutions in the state.
They all pledged their support and commitment to the incoming Buhari administration and promised to avoid the mistakes of others, by imbibing humility and respect for all sections of the country.
