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President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that he’s leaving Nigeria higher in 2023 than when his administration got here into energy in 2015.

The outgoing president stated this when he addressed the nation in a farewell broadcast on Sunday morning, forward of his exit from energy on Monday, Could 29.

President Buhari will on Monday hand over energy to the president-elect, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was declared the winner of the February 25 election by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).

In his tackle, the President expressed his gratitude to Nigerians and defined the pondering behind a few of his administration’s key choices.

Learn the total textual content of his broadcast beneath:

FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and pals of Nigeria.

2. I tackle you at present, in my final task as a democratically elected President of our nice and effectively endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, an excessive amount of appreciation to the Nigerian individuals and a modest sense of fulfilment.

3. In the present day we mark and rejoice one other peaceable transition of energy from one elected authorities to a different in our regular march to enhance and maintain Nigeria’s democracy.

4. This 12 months we witnessed probably the most keenly contested presidential elections because the First Republic and this demonstrates that our democracy is getting higher and extra entrenched with every election.

5. We should as a nation enhance and maintain positive aspects we make within the electoral course of, on an incremental foundation for Nigeria to take its rightful place amongst nations.

6. Our democracy offers for, permits and encourages searching for redress for any perceived injustices, enabling some candidates and political events that didn’t agree with the outcomes to go to court docket.

7. No matter the end result of the assorted circumstances, I urge all events concerned to just accept the choice of our courts and be part of fingers to construct a greater Nigeria.

8. I salute the doggedness and resilience of all of the Presidential Candidates and their political events for believing in our judicial system by taking their grievances with the election outcomes to court docket.

9. In the midst of the campaigns, we had argued and disagreed on easy methods to make Nigeria higher however we by no means disagreed or had any doubts that Nigeria must be higher.

10. As your President, I name on all of us to deliver to bear the energy of our individualism, the facility of our unity, the convictions of our beliefs to make Nigeria work higher and along with one spirit and one function.

11. To my brother, buddy and fellow employee within the political terrain for the previous ten years – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu -, I congratulate you on the realisation of your dream, which was propelled by a burning ardour to place Nigeria amongst the main nations of the world.

12. You could have certainly labored for this present day and God has topped your efforts. I’ve little doubt that your ardour for excellence, reliance on competence, equity in relationships, dedication to fairness, loyalty to the nation and need for Nigeria to be globally related would come by for you, beneath God’s steerage, as you lead our nation to ranges increased that I’m leaving.

13. You’re the greatest candidate amongst all of the contestants and Nigerians have chosen effectively.

14. The final eight years have been an thrilling expertise in my need and dedication to see a Nigeria through which public items and providers can be found, and accessible inside a united, peaceable and safe nation.

15. Fellow Nigerians, on the energy of your over-whelming help for me and my political occasion, I began this journey with an excessive amount of promise and expectation from you. I by no means meant to be simply politically right however to do the right issues that may make significant influence on the lives of the frequent Nigerian.

16. This excessive expectation was not misplaced as a result of, just like the abnormal Nigerian, I had grown bored with watching the nation progressively transferring away from the trail of correctness.

17. To make sure that our democracy stays resilient and our elected representatives stay accountable to the individuals, I’m abandoning an electoral course of which ensures that votes depend, outcomes are credible, elections are truthful and clear and the affect of cash in politics decreased to the barest minimal. And Nigerians can elect leaders of their selection.

18. We’re already seeing the end result of this course of because it supplied a good enjoying discipline the place individuals with none political God-Father or entry to cash defeated different well-resourced candidates.

19. The Nigerian economic system has change into extra resilient as a result of varied methods put in place to make sure that our economic system remained afloat throughout circumstances of worldwide financial downturns.

20. You’d all recall the provision chain disruptions and financial downturn that the world witnessed between 2020 and 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The deftness of our response to the pandemic nonetheless stays a worldwide greatest follow.

21. Moreover, we elevated the power of the poor and rural Nigerians to earn a dwelling, supplied extra meals for thousands and thousands in our villages and gave our ladies alternatives to earn a dwelling.

22. Younger women and men in city centres had been additionally supported to place their abilities into productive use. Our administration additionally supplied an enabling surroundings for the personal sector to interact in companies for which their return on investments is assured.

23. The personal sector proved a robust associate in our drive to construct a resilient and sustainable economic system as evidenced by the rising variety of turn-key tasks in varied sectors of the economic system.

24. In the midst of revamping the economic system, we made some troublesome selections, most of which yielded the specified outcomes. A number of the measures led to non permanent ache and struggling for which I sincerely apologised to my fellow countrymen, however the measures had been taken for the general good of the nation.

25. Conscious of the necessity to guarantee sufficient infrastructure to drive financial development, we accomplished age-long tasks and processes notably amongst that are the Petroleum Business Act, completion of some energy tasks, completion of the second Niger bridge and varied vital roads linking cities and states.

26. Our battle to make sure that all Nigerians stay in a secure and safe surroundings has achieved appreciable outcomes. As I full my time period in workplace, we’ve been in a position to scale back the incidences of banditry, terrorism, armed theft and different felony actions significantly.

27. To maintain the positive aspects made to date, I name on all Nigerians to be extra vigilant and help the safety businesses by guaranteeing that our values outlined by being your brothers’ keeper govern our actions.

28. Up-till now, I nonetheless grieve for our kids nonetheless in captivity, mourn with dad and mom, pals and kinfolk of all people who misplaced family members within the days of the mindless brigandage and carnage. For all these beneath illegal captivity, our safety businesses are working around the clock to safe their launch unhurt.

29. Fellow Nigerians, you know the way expensive the need in my coronary heart to rid the nation of corrupt practices that had constantly diminished our efforts to be an awesome nation.

30. I did pursue this dedication relentlessly, regardless of the anticipated pushback. I’m completely satisfied that appreciable progress had been made in repatriating enormous sums of cash again to the nation and likewise taking up properties illegally acquired from our commonwealth.

31. To enhance service supply, we started the implementation of various reforms geared toward producing an Environment friendly, Productive, Incorruptible and Citizen-oriented (EPIC) Federal Civil Service and the outcomes are starting to indicate.

32. On the worldwide scene, Nigeria’s affect continues to develop as exemplified by notable Nigerians occupying headship and management positions in famend world our bodies.

33. Our democracy is constructed on and continues to thrive on the ideas of separation of powers. The management and members of the Nationwide Meeting deserve my appreciation for his or her patriotism which didn’t detract from their roles as a examine to the manager arm.

34. I additionally wish to use this chance to precise my appreciation to a great variety of Nigerians who supplied their help and encouragement to assist me navigate the thrilling journey in transferring Nigeria ahead.

35. I can’t and won’t overlook the thousands and thousands who prayed for me throughout my sickness in my first time period of workplace. I’m consistently praying for you and for Nigeria to thrive in peace.

36. As I retire residence to Daura, Katsina State, I really feel fulfilled that we’ve began the Nigeria Re-Beginning by taking the preliminary important steps and I’m satisfied the in-coming administration will quicken the tempo of this stroll to see a Nigeria that fulfills its future to be an awesome nation.

37. I’m assured that I’m leaving workplace with Nigeria higher in 2023 than in 2015.

38. I thanks all. And should God Bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.