A public affairs commentator, Reno Omokri, Reno Okori knocked the outgoing president of the federal republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari after saying he will leave the country better than he met it in 2015.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Buhari made the statement during his farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28.
Reacting to the farewell speech, Omokri said: “On May 29, 2015, when President Goodluck Jonathan handed over the Presidency of Nigeria to General Buhari, the nation’s Gross Domestic Product was $509.9. Please do not take my word for it. Verify it by yourself. In 2023, as General Buhari prepares to hand over the Presidency to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, our Gross Domestic Product is an estimated $450 billion”.
“From the above, General Buhari’s statement in his so-called farewell broadcast to the nation, in which he said, “I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015″, is a very provocative and blatant lie. In 2015, we only had a national security threat from Boko Haram. Today, we have national existential threats from Boko Haram, bandits; and unknown gunmen, amongst others. In 2015, the Naira was ₦199 to $1. Today, it is ₦750 to $1. In 2015, our total foreign debt was $10.7 billion”.
“Today, it is almost $50 billion. In 2015, Nigeria was 136 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. In 2023, we are 150. So, precisely in what area of our national life has Buhari made ‘Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015’? The only thing we can now say to General Buhari is that you were a mistake, and may you go and may your like NEVER return to power to afflict us again. In Yeshua’s Name, I pray”.