9 Must-know Things Buhari Said About Ministers, Other Issues On France24 #Nekxfresh

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, who is currently on three-day state visit in Paris, gives an exclusive interview to France 24 on Boko Haram, ministerial list, presidency.

President Buhari left Abuja on September 14, Monday for talks with his French counterpart Francois Hollade seeking end of the deadly insurgency that have killed a lot of Nigerians.

Nigerian leader has also met with business community and advised investors not to miss huge opportunities in his country.
He is expected back in Nigeria today, September 16.

Nekxfresh has picked up his 9 must-know quotes on the key challenges.

On Boko Haram insurgency:
1. The results of the re-organisation we carried out in the military are being seen. There is progress being done. Our main concern is the condition of the Chibok girls and how we can recover them.
2. We have to first identify that those who claim to be Boko Haram leaders are actually the leaders, and they know where the Chibok girls are and their present condition.
3. France is more hands-on in the Boko Haram issue because Nigeria is totally surrounded by former French colonial countries and France has maintained a strong relationship with its former colonies.

On ministerial appointments
4. The ministers are there to make a lot of noise; for the politicians to make a lot of noise. But the work is being done by the technocrats. They are there to provide the continuity, dig into the records and then guide us, [those of us] who are just coming in.
5. I think this question of ministers is political. People from different constituencies want to see their people directly in government, and see what they can get out of it.
6. As for the cabinet, I said we will have one by the end of the month, and time flies. The end of the month is coming too quickly for my liking. I will send the names to the national assembly.
7. We have a government but we don’t have a cabinet. I don’t know how you define that but we have a government and that is why I am here. Under this system, we have to have ministers and we are going to have ministers.

On being president of Nigeria
8. The last time I was leader, I was in the barracks, this time I’m in the palace. It is so big and very expensive to maintain but it is there, it cannot be removed. I don’t think I am a different man but I am coming back in a different system. A better system because this is what works.
9. I was convinced in December 1991 when the Soviet union collapsed, that multi-party democratic system is the best form of government, otherwise it will be the same old problem.