President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the ministers designate to hit the ground running and move Nigeria to the next level in his second term. Buhari declared open a-two-day retreat organized for the ministers and personal aides on Monday in Abuja ahead of the inauguration on Wednesday.
Addressing the ministers, the President said the country and the administration would rely on them to implement policies and programmes to lift Nigerians out of poverty.
“I count on you”, Buhari stated. “We must work as a team. Working as a team demands that we know what the next person is doing. You must open communication with your colleagues. Lack of communication leads to lack of cooperation and sub-optimal performance.
“We are working to lift Nigerians out of poverty and set them on the path to prosperity. We intend to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty over the next 10 years.”
The session went into closed-doors soon after Buhari’s speech.