National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has lamented that the nation’s present economic woes was a direct consequence of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime running the country into bankruptcy.
Ribadu was speaking during the Chief of Defence Intelligence Annual Conference 2023 themed: “Leveraging Defence Diplomacy and Effective Regional Collaboration for Enhanced National Security” in Abuja. The former Economic and Financial Crime Commission chairman said his boss President Bola Tinubu is running the country with an empty treasury.
“Yes, we’re facing budgetary constraints. It is okay for me to tell you,” said Ribadu.
“Fine, it is important for you to know that we have inherited a very difficult situation, literally a bankrupt country, no money, to a point where we can say that all the money we’re getting now; we’re paying back what was taken. It is serious.
“But this administration is doing its best to meet our requirements, particularly the armed forces, and I believe that you leaders will be able to testify to that,”
He added that despite the difficulties, the country is heading the right direction. He urged the military to be committed to safeguarding the country by addressing the security challenges facing the country.
“Let us come together as one and continue to support our armed forces and other security agencies with this work of securing our country for peace and stability.
“They have done an amazingly good job without talking and I believe that with the support and the resolve of the leadership we have today in our country, things will only be better.
“We are just four or five months old, but certainly things have changed and we believe that what they are doing, they are doing it right. We want to encourage them, stand by them and support them 100 percent and hopefully, this country will be okay in a short time,” he said.
