The president declared this in his inaugural speech before a jubilant
crowd at the Eagles Square, Abuja , yesterday, May 29, Leadership
reports.
Buhari said he intends to keep his oath and serve as president to all
Nigerians, emphasizing that he belongs to everybody and not to any
particular person.
He also allayed fears that he would seize the
opportunity given him to settle old scores with perceived enemies,
noting that the past was gone.
“A few people have privately
voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These
fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores. The past
is prologue,” he said.
The president admitted that the challenges bedeviling Nigeria were
many, but added that the country was able to overcome its many problems.
He said his administration would take immediate action to fix the many
challenges facing the country.
There have been
suggestions in some quarters that corrupt leaders will immediately run
away from Nigeria the moment Muhammad Buhari is sworn in as president.
Back
in February, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief
Bode George, vowed to go into exile if Muhammad Buhari won the
presidential election.
credits: naij