Buhari states, I am tired and allegic to corruption.

I am allergic to corruption, Buhari tells State House Staff

President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday , said it was a national disgrace that most states of the federation couldn’t pay salaries of their workers. The President said this  while addressing State House staff, who gathered at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to formally welcome him back from his vacation in London.

Blaming the failure of past administrations to save during the boom times of high prices of crude oil, the President decried the inability of many states to pay workers’ salaries, describing it as a national disgrace. His words: “27 out of the 36 states couldn’t pay salaries. This is a disgrace to Nigeria. It is a disgrace. Up till now, most of the states cannot pay salaries. What happened to all we have got over the years? We look up and down, left, right and centre, what have we saved? There was nothing because we developed a consumption culture that we were not supposed to develop. “Most of your colleagues that have left service, I doubt if they are getting benefits. That is the situation we find ourselves in. “You know we have gone through a lot of change over the past year. We met 42 ministries and we found out the economy cannot take it because of the ineptitude in place. We have turned ourselves to a mono-economy, depending only on oil. “Most people threw away their farms and solid minerals equipment and rushed to the city to collect oil money and enjoy. What used to be an average of $100  from 1999 to 2014 went down to $30. What should concern us and the rest of the Nigerian elite is how we can continue to sustain ourselves in terms of materials and security.” Agriculture, our only alternative “What I am asking Nigerians really is: What is our alternative? Our immediate alternative is agriculture and solid minerals. “That was why we voted a lot of money for agriculture so that we can at least feed ourselves. Once we can feed ourselves, we can say okay, let the struggle continue. At least we can eat two to three meals per day. “We have to quickly go back to the farm. It is too late for this year. But next year, we will make a better arrangement to make sure next year, we can feed ourselves.” I’m allergic to corruption