President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration has received firm assurances of cooperation from the United States and other countries on the recovery and repatriation of funds stolen from Nigeria.

Speaking at an audience with members of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar, President Buhari said it was now up to Nigeria to provide the international community with the facts and figures needed to drive the recovery effort.

“In the next three months, our administration will be busy getting those facts and the figures to help us recover our stolen funds in foreign countries,” the president told the traditional rulers.

Citing the report submitted by the Ahmed Joda-led transition committee, President Buhari said that several revenue-generating institutions in the country have been compromised leading to a weak economy.

At an earlier meeting with governors on Tuesday, President Buhari had assured that his government will recover billions of dollars in the next three months.

He vowed to ensure monies stolen by past officials were returned. He also warned the governors that the era of impunity and brazen theft of public funds was over.

On insecurity, the president said traditional rulers could play a key role in stemming terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria by assisting the government with cost-effective intelligence gathering.

President Buhari also assured the traditional rulers that his administration was working hard to end insecurity and terrorism in the country in the shortest possible time with the cooperation of neighbouring countries and the international community.

Acknowledging that Nigerians expected a lot from his administration, the president appealed for patience and understanding while his government works diligently to speedily overcome the huge national challenges it inherited.

The sultan, Abubakar, had earlier presented the Northern Traditional Rulers’ recommendations to the president on issues related to national development.

The Sultan told the president that as custodians of tradition and stakeholders in the Nigerian project, the traditional rulers had a responsibility to always advise political leaders on the “path of truth and justice”.

“We have always advised our leaders, but their acceptance of our advice is their own prerogative,” the Sultan said.

The traditional rulers assured the president of their unflinching support for his administration’s efforts to fulfil its promises to Nigerians.

Source- http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/185584-buhari-secures-u-s-others-support-to-recover-billions-stolen-from-nigeria.html

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Because US will use you very well unlike Jonathan, that's why they will help, nonsense.

That's what I'm talking about. I know the national challenges President Buhari will face won't be easy.
I'm worried that people are not patient, it baffles me that a lot of Nigerians are so in a hurry for change forgetting that it can't happen in days.

I'm smart enough to know that something is up/going on.
I believe it is the past goverment finding errors in whatever the present administration does just to score cheap political points.

It will all clear in their eyes when all begins to fall in place. I've seen leaders, Mehn! Buhari is one hell of an ACTIVE one.

God Bless Nigeria.
God Bless President Buhari.