Since October 1, 2010 when the anniversary celebration witnessed bomb blasts at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan has marked all subsequent anniversaries in Aso Rock.
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The BBC’s Will Ross in Lagos says there had been plenty of speculation that President Buhari would put himself in charge of the crucial oil ministry.
His list of cabinet appointees is expected to be presented to the Senate for approval by the end of September.
The senate has congratulated President Muhamadu Buhari, the Government and people of Nigeria on the on the 55th independence anniversary of our country. As such, many people in the state stayed at home. The worldwide financial community, especially, has been impatient to know the composition of President Buhari’s economic team.
He also said this independence should be a call to service and a challenge to the President, Vice President and others in power.
Speaking on the significance of the ceremony, Saraki expressed confidence that the future of the country was very bright. “It will not be business as usual.
We are on the right path”, while Oyegun said at 55, Nigeria has finally discovered that it was on the wrong road.
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed on his part said: “We will make it by the grace of God”.
The Chief of Staff to the President was accompanied to Saraki’s office by the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang.
Mr Buhari, a tough ex-general, made an extraordinary televised address on Thursday in which he bluntly told fellow Nigerians that the only way life was going to improve was if the entire country dropped their “lawless habits”.
One woman was abducted by soldiers and taken to a military camp, tied up and raped repeatedly for two months…
“We have so many more issues other than oil”. He stressed that such has the capacity to destroy every noble things which the country may have achieved in recent time. “This was just as they learnt not to dash like rabbits across Expressways instead of using overhead bridges”. But what counts is not so much what accrues but how we manage our resources that is important. “I think if the oil today accounts for nearly 70 per cent of all our revenue, it is only proper that somebody who is knowledgeable, who has the experience and who is the Commander-in- chief should take that position”.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed the impression of a few world leaders about President Muhammadu Buhari. So, I have been writing the Senate president and the leader of the House.
