The Federal authorities has responded to the public outcry in opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari's perceived bias after the President of the world financial institution organization, Jim Yong Kim, found out the president requested the bank to prioritise its developmental programmes across the northern elements of Nigeria.
Kim said the president made the request after he cautioned him to put money into human capital which he said will enhance financial increase in the usa.
In an authentic response on Friday, October 13, 2017, the presidency insisted that the president has continually considered the northeast to be a main precedence for him, and that he is by no means made it a secret.
The announcement examine, "Northeast Nigeria has always been a concern for President Buhari, right from while he campaigned to be President.
"From the start of the management, President Buhari has constantly highlighted the want for global support to cozy and rebuild the Northeast.
"The Northeast has featured prominently in all the President's engagements with the worldwide network. It featured in his first assembly with the sector bank, in July 2015, at which the financial institution pledged financial support.
"Securing the Northeast and rebuilding it, and in search of international aid & assistance for this, will stay a priority for us.
"We remain thankful for the display of assist from the international community, regarding the security and humanitarian state of affairs in the Northeast."
The Northeast location has been plagued with the aid of a terrorist insurgency that has claimed the lives of over 20,000 human beings and displaced over 2.five hundreds of thousands scattered throughout Internally Displaced folks (IDP) camps inside the place.
at the same time as speakme on Thursday, Kim had noted that the terrain of the northeast turned into making the work "very, very difficult" and emphasised that the Federal authorities needs to prioritise its economic destiny.
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