Citizens would be able to look after themselves when infrastructure is adequately provided in the country according to president Mohammed Buhari.
He said this on Thursday during his meeting with Mohammed Al-Jasser, the president of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), at the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum in France.
This was documented in a statement by Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson.
The president pledged that his administration will stay devoted to providing infrastructures for citizens in the country.
“We are struggling very hard on infrastructure because there can’t be sustainable development without it.
“Considering the vastness of our country, we need roads, rail, power, airports, housing, and that is what we have engaged ourselves with in the past six years. And our people are seeing the new developments.
“Relative to the resources available to us, we have not done badly. When infrastructure is in place, our people can look after themselves.”
The president thanked the IDB for its support so far, but expressed concern about challenges in Nigeria, saying “what we are so dependent on (crude oil) has lost a lot of energy,” Buhari was quoted as saying.
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