{"id":308815,"date":"2021-01-28T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T09:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=308815"},"modified":"2021-01-28T10:28:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T09:28:17","slug":"its-been-difficult-keeping-our-promises-says-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=308815","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Been Difficult Keeping Our Promises, Says Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting with the service chiefs on Tuesday said his regime had not found it easy keeping the promises it made in 2015.<br \/>\n<span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to a statement by Adesina, the President urged the service chiefs to be patriotic, saying the country was in an emergency.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/storage\/2021\/01\/Its-Been-Difficult-Keeping-Our-Promises-Says-Buhari.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nThe statement quoted the President as telling the service chiefs, &#8220;We&#8217;re in a state of emergency. Be patriotic, serve the country well, as your loyalty is to the country.<br \/>\n&#8220;You know the stage we were in 2015, you know the stage we are now, and the undertakings we made.<br \/>\n&#8220;We promised to secure the country, revive the economy, and fight corruption. None has been easy, but we have certainly made progress.&#8221;<br \/>\nAt the end of the meeting, Irabor, in an interview with State House correspondents, said Buhari told them that Nigerians&#8217; expectations were high and they must do everything to meet them.<br \/>\nPunch reports that the North Central Governors Forum enjoined the new service chiefs to evolve in new strategies that adequately address the security challenges that have bedevilled the region and the country.<br \/>\nThe Chairman of the forum, Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State made the call on Wednesday in a statement while lauding the appointment of new service chiefs describing it as a noble decision by the President.<br \/>\nOn its part, Borno Concern Citizens Forum hailed the former service chiefs&#8217; removal as being timely and long overdue.<br \/>\nOne of its leaders, Zanna Boguma, told The PUNCH that the former service chiefs, whose appointments were celebrated for being merited in 2015, suddenly became unpopular because of the degeneration in the country&#8217;s security, particularly in the North-East.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting with the service chiefs on Tuesday said his regime had not found it easy keeping the promises it made in 2015. According to a statement by Adesina, the President urged the service chiefs to be patriotic, saying the country was in an emergency. 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