Nigerians Should Remain Grateful To Buhari, Says Masari

By Ige Olugbenga

Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari, has said Nigerians should remain grateful to President Buhari for his intervention which allowed the respective states pay salaries of civil servants and allowances of pensioners.

Masari said this on Friday in Katsina during the closing ceremony of a one-day media summit on key sectors including education, health and agriculture.

He said Nigeria would have collapsed if the federal government had not disbursed the bailout and N500bn Paris-London Club refund to the states.He said, “Tell me, which President has ever done this to salvage the country? I want you to imagine, if this intervention was not there, this country would have collapsed because no state could pay salaries, no state could honour obligations

He said, “Tell me, which President has ever done this to salvage the country? I want you to imagine, if this intervention was not there, this country would have collapsed because no state could pay salaries, no state could honour obligations

“In Katsina State, the money that we used in most of the projects were from the N10bn (bailout) money we collected for infrastructure development which was given by the President.

”What President Buhari has done for this country, no President has ever done it.

“”When we won election in 2015, many state governments across the country were not paying salaries and could not pay.

“He came out with bailout for those that have salary arrears to pay, and for those who have pension and gratuity arrears to pay. So, any governor who refused to pay refused to pay not because he has not collected the money”.