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Today’s Headlines: Buhari Has Set Traps For Tinubu–Shehu Sani, Biden, House Speaker Reach Agreement

Buhari has set traps for Tinubu – Shehu Sanni

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has said the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has set traps for the incoming successor, President-elect Bola Tinubu.

He disclosed this while highlighting the failures of the outgoing administration. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, said Buhari wanted his regime to look better. He also accused Buhari of leaving behind a country without any economic direction.

He said in a tweet, “He led the country without any economic direction. He presided over a government that failed to secure the lives of Nigerians; 63,000 dead, three million internally displaced persons, and 366,000 refugees in neighboring countries. “He failed to restructure as he promised. He granted waivers to the rich and impoverished the poor. He closed the borders for those who import bags of rice on motorcycles and permitted those who use the ships.

Biden, House speaker reach ‘agreement in principle to avert default

US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced late Saturday an “agreement in principle” to raise the debt limit and avoid a “catastrophic default.”

Biden said the agreement protects his and congressional Democrats’ priorities, and “is an important step forward that reduces spending while protecting critical programs for working people and growing the economy for everyone.” “The agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of governing,” he said in a statement. View pictures in App save up to 80% data.

“This agreement is good news for the American people because it prevents what could have been a catastrophic default and would have led to an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, and millions of jobs lost,” he added. Teams from the White House and Congress will work Sunday to finalize the agreement’s language ahead of an expected vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate next week.

Buhari apologizes for the negative impact of policies

The outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.), has apologized to Nigerians over the negative impact some of his economic policies inflicted on them.

Buhari made this known during his farewell broadcast to the nation on Sunday. The president noted that some of his policies caused “temporary pain and suffering” to Nigerians. He stressed, Some of the decisions were difficult choices, and the measures were taken for the overall good of the country.”

Buhari maintained, “In the course of revamping the economy, we made some difficult choices, most of which yielded the desired results. “Some of the measures led to temporary pain and suffering for which I sincerely apologize to my fellow countrymen, but the measures were taken for the overall good of the country,” he explained.

Tinubu: You’re the best, Nigerians have chosen well, says Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.), in his farewell speech to Nigerians on Sunday, commended them for electing Bola Tinubu as his successor.

Buhari, in one of his last assignments as a democratically elected President of Nigeria, described Tinubu as the best candidate among all the presidential contestants in the 2023 general elections. Noting that the election was the most keenly contested presidential election since the First Republic, Buhari said it proved that Nigeria’s democracy was getting better. However, he urged Nigerians to capitalize on the power of unity by working together in one spirit and purpose.

Buhari said, “As your President, I call on all of us to bring to bear the strength of our individualism, the power of our unity, the convictions of our beliefs to make Nigeria work better and together with one spirit and one purpose. “To my brother, friend, and fellow worker in the political terrain for the past 10 years – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I congratulate you on the realization of your dream, which was propelled by a burning passion to put Nigeria amongst the leading nations of the world.