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President Muhammadu Buhari is dreaming big

President Buhari wants to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

Adaobi Peter-Kingston
Jun 13, 2019
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It was the speech everyone had been waiting for and it turned out to be, perhaps, Muhammadu Buhari’s best speech as President. Tall, regal, bespectacled and dressed in his trademark white babariga and kente-inspired cap, Buhari stood at Eagle Square, Abuja, yesterday and outlined his left-leaning vision for the country.

Buhari started wit…

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