President
Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he knew the appropriate ways to deal with those
opposing his ongoing anti-corruption war.
He
said anybody who attempted to deter his administration from fighting corruption
would suffer the consequences.
Buhari,
who spoke in English and Hausa languages handed down the warning during the
breaking of Ramadan fast, Iftar,
he organised for some categories of people inside the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
The
President regretted that the elite were self-centred and were only thinking
about themselves.
“Whoever
deter us from fighting corruption will suffer the consequences. It is
unfortunate that the elite are self-centred and they only think about
themselves.
“Be
assured that we care about you at all times. This government is concerned about
your welfare and we will work hard to improve it,” Buhari told his guests that
included the physically challenged, the Internally Displaced Persons, taxi
drivers, commercial motorcycle riders, artisans such as butchers,
hairdressers, barbers, tailors, members of the Buhari Support Organisation,
President’s neighbours in Lobito Crescent, and junior workers in the
headquarters of the All Progressives Congress.
The
President said his government was conscious of the disadvantaged members of the
public.
An
IDP, Musbau Diti, who spoke on behalf of others, urged the President to do more
to alleviate the sufferings of people in the different IDP camps across the
country.
He
also urged Buhari to set up a commission for persons with disabilities.
The
dinner was preceded by a prayer session which Buhari attended with his guests
before they broke their fast.
The
President personally served some of the physically challenged persons before he
returned to his seat to break his fast.
Buhari
was joined at the dinner by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Babachir Lawal; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,
Muhammed Bello, and some presidential aides as well as top government officials
among others.
Embattled
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, was absent at the event.
Saraki
is said to have travelled to Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj.
He
was however represented by the Senate’s Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Alimikhena
Francis.
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