President Muhammadu
Buhari has said his major weakness lies in not knowing how to make money.
He also disclosed that
he even borrowed money to build his three houses in Daura, Abuja and Kaduna.
The President made this
known while speaking on his assets during an Interview with Sun Newspaper.
According to him, “When
Murtala/Obasanjo regime came, they made sure that certain grades of public
officers must declare their assets when they assumed that office and they must
declare when they were leaving. So, when I was sworn in as governor of North
East, I declared my assets.
“I declared
surprisingly, even the number of my cows then. Even if they were supposed to be
producing every year, but I declared them the time I was there. And when I was
leaving governorship, I became petroleum minister.
“When I was leaving to
go to War College, I declared my assets. I could recall General Jemibewon then,
was the Adjutant-General of the Army. He rang me and said he was sending me
asset declaration form, that I must fill it, sign it before I left for the
United States. And I did.
“General Jemibewon is
still alive. And when I became head of state eventually, I declared my assets
again.
“So, if you people are
serious and interested about political officers becoming multi-billionaires,
you can find out from Murtala downwards. And those of us who were not very good
in making money you should pity us.
“Everybody likes money
but I am not very good at making money. Let me put it that way. I borrowed from
the banks to build the house in Daura and the one in Abuja that you mentioned
and the one in Kano. The bank then was Barclays, now Union Bank. Kaduna State
or North Central then housing scheme and the Federal Mortgage Bank for the
house I am in and AIB, which was, I think, terminated by Central Bank. So, when
you go through the records, you find out that the houses I built, I borrowed
from there.”
Credit: Daily Post
Credit: Daily Post
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