"Things are going to be harder than before" - Buhari

President Buhari has on Friday, warned governors and other leaders in the country to prepare themselves for tougher times ahead, especially the economy and infrastructural development of the country, alerting them that things will be harder than before.
This message was disclosed by the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara shortly after a closed door meeting with 36 Governors.

According to the governor, president Buhari also told them that the country’s economy is in bad shape, challenging them to brace up on way forward to salvaging the dwindling economy.
According to him, “Mr President, as usual, responded by telling us that the economy is in a bad shape and we have to come together and think and rethink on way forward.

“So, Mr President talked to us in the manner that we have a task ahead of us. So, we should tighten our belts and see how we can put Nigerian economy in the right direction and how we can address the nation’s infrastructural decay.

“So, all of us as leaders, especially those that are coming to the National Assembly and those coming back as governors and the president who will be re-elected by God grace, we should not think that things are going to be easy.

“They are going to be harder than before, this was the message of Mr President.’’