APC chieftain Lauds President Buhari Over FG Policy Thrust
FeaturedPolitics July 27, 2015 Dianabasi Effiong
President Buhari at the USIP event
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar
President Mohamadu Buhari of Nigeria has been commended for his administration’s transparent policy thrust. The commendation was given on Monday by an APC chieftain in Cross River, Sir Sam Nkang, in a statement availed our correspondent in Calabar.
The statement also commended steps taken so far by Buhari administration’s to check tackle the challenges of insecurity and insurgency in some parts of Nigeria and appointment of key officials of government.
Nkang said appointment so far into Buhari’s administration including those of service chiefs reflected fair play and equity and had been consistent with Federal character principle of the Nigerian Government.
According to Nkang President Buhari’s “timely and fatherly’’ resolve to release 2.5 billion US Dollars from the Liquefied Natural Gas account to States and Local Governments to settle outstanding arrears is commendable.
The statement also commended Buhari for his administration’s anti-corruption policy which blocked some leakages and ensured improvement in Nigeria’s foreign reserves from 29 billion US Dollars to 32 billion US Dollars.
It stated: “Let me express the appreciation of the people and residents of Cross River to our esteemed President for appointing our son, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ette Ekwe Ibas, as Chief of Naval Staff.
“Ibas’ appointment is first of its kind in the political history of this state. It is a demonstration of the desire of Mr President to heal the wounds that many years of acute federal neglect have brought upon the state.”
Nkang said that the people of Cross River were confident in the capacity of the new Chief of Naval Staff to take the Nigerian Navy to a new level of combat readiness and fitness.
Dianabasi Effiong
