President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday blamed corruption and insecurity in the country on what he said was the decades’ poor investment in education and healthcare.
Receiving a delegation from Adamawa state led by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri at the presidential villa, Abuja, he said even though the federal government was doing its best to tackle the ills, it cannot solve the nation’s numerous problems alone.
He affirmed that dealing with the problems in education and healthcare remained the priorities of his administration.
Addressing the Adamawa Governor, the President said: “Your Excellency, I am pleased to hear your remarks, specifically focused on issues around education and health. These areas remain priorities for this Government especially as we strive to achieve social inclusion and collective prosperity for all Nigerians.
“Many of the issues confronting our nation today, especially in the areas of insecurity and corruption, are directly or indirectly linked to the decades of under-investment in education and healthcare
“At the federal level, we are doing our best to address these issues. But the Federal Government cannot do it alone. We need the State and Local Governments to do their part. This is not about politics. It is a reality.
“Today, majority of Nigerians are below 20 years old. And it is projected that our population growth rate will remain amongst the fastest in the world. This means any plans we have today must take into account, the needs of tomorrow
“I have taken note of your requests and recommendations. We shall review and act accordingly. I would suggest however that you make a formal written submission to my office in due course.”
Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, Governor Fintiri disclosed that the security situation in the state has stabilized, saying that kidnapping has been reduced through the efforts of government and security agencies.
He noted that his administration had focused on the issue of security, health, infrastructure and education, agriculture and human development.
Fintiri noted that Adamawa state required the support of the federal government tp enable it to meet the yearning of its people, saying: “We really need a lot of support in agriculture, human development like I have said among the youths.”
On his priority, he stated: “I want to see that our youth are completely emancipated, empowered so that we don’t have the youth restiveness that we had that culminated into the Boko Haram.
“When I came in Adamawa, I met a serious challenge of youth in criminality which was nicknamed “ASILA” and today they are no more.
“So, these are serious areas of concern and I have given it serious attention and it’s working well.
“Kidnapping as well has reduced drastically you hardly hear people being kidnapped again in Adamawa. This is as a result of the collaboration we have with the security agencies and the support we have been giving them to ensure that they curb the menace of the criminality and criminals in the state.”
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