BUHARI SAYS: World Bank and IMF wanted us to remove the so- called petroleum subsidy, to devalue the Naira, I told them we are not going to. By the time we were removed [the IBB coup], one Naira was equal to 1.2 or 1.5 dollars. The Naira was run down to N80 to a dollar by IBB. I refused to remove the petrol subsidy. I signed contract for Warri and Kaduna refineries, 20 depots, laid over 3200km pipelines. And then pipes were laid over 3,200 kilometres. Nigeria didn’t borrow a Kobo. When I came as head of state, we stopped [illegal] bunkering, Nig was choked with product. We were exporting 100,000 barrels a day We Turned Around Warrri, Kaduna and Portharcourt refineries and built new ones.” About being a fundamentalist/bigot, the one-time military head of stated lucidly stated that: “In 2003, I chose Chuba Okadigbo as my running mate. He was a Roman Catholic. He was an Igbo. In 2007, I picked Edwin Ume-Ezeoke. He was a Roman Catholic. He was an Igbo. And in 2010, I chose even a pastor. Pastor Tunde Bakare. “Honestly, what do Nigerians want me to do? If they don’t believe I’m notna fundamentalist, what else can I do?
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:43:28 +0000
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