"If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one naira, it is President Buhari."

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“Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits.”

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“We are in a democracy and there is a process by which things can be done and that process is the one where you bring forward amendments to the National Assembly and they will do whatever is considered useful in the circumstance.”

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“Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail.”

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