President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday addressed Nigerians in a live television broadcast to commemorate the New Year.
Here are some of the top quotes drawn from the President’s speech below;
We must change our way of doing things or we will stagnate and be left behind in the race to lift our people out of poverty and into prosperity.
We have got to get used to discipline and direction in economic management. The days of business, as usual, are numbered.
Great nations are built by enterprising people who turn their hands to anything that circumstances dictate.
No human law or edifice is perfect. Whatever structure we develop must periodically be perfected according to changing circumstances and the country’s socio-economic developments.
When all the aggregates of nationwide opinions are considered, my firm view is that our problems are more to do with process than structure.
Politicians must avoid exploiting ethnicity and religion by linking ethnicity with religion and religion with politics. Such must be avoided at all costs if we are to live in harmony.
Political discourse should be conducted with civility, decorum and in a constitutional manner. We all have a collective responsibility to strengthen our democracy and entrench the rule of law.
Terrorism and urban crimes are world-wide phenomena and our security forces are continuously adapting their responses to changing threats.
