Malam Mohammed Lawal, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the former regime of President Goodluck Jonathan set "many booby traps for President Buhari’s new government".
The APC chieftain stated this while reacting to an interview question on why those who supported President Buhari in the 2015 presidential election are now attacking him.
His words, "The president met a lot of challenges on ground. If you’re not in the system, you can hardly know the full scope of the challenges. The way and manner in which the handing over was done last year, the former regime set many booby traps for President Buhari’s new government.
"The handing over was supposed to be done in good time but it was almost on the day they were going that they handed over the notes. When you see the revelations coming out now, you begin to understand why they held on to the handing over notes until the last day. So, the challenges are enormous and people should understand why the government is being extremely careful in how it goes about tackling the problems.
There's nothing wrong in taking $30b loan
"Look, America is the biggest economy in the world and they’re indebted to the tune of $20 trillion. Yet, their economy is doing well. There’s nothing wrong in taking a loan. The most important thing is if you take a loan, what do you use it for?
Infrastructure that would be put in place would repay the loan
"I support him very well because the infrastructure that would be put in place would repay the loan. For instance, we can have toll gates on our roads and you know that with this regime, nobody can pocket the proceeds. We’re trying to commercialise agriculture. Therefore, dams that are going to be built in order to promote irrigation would be used for such purposes.
"Don’t you think that the argument in some quarters that the president does not have the right people to help him translate all these ideas into reality is real?
What do you mean by right people?
Culled from Daily Trust
