{"id":27006,"date":"2015-06-22T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/new\/?p=27006"},"modified":"2015-06-22T22:41:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:41:09","slug":"buhari-meets-state-house-correspondents-laments-nations-empty-treasury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/buhari-meets-state-house-correspondents-laments-nations-empty-treasury\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari meets state house correspondents, laments nation’s empty treasury"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, officially met state house reporters, during which he painted a gloomy picture of the Nigeria his new government is battling to reshape.<\/p>\n
President Buhari said that he met an almost empty treasury and huge debts left behind by his predecessor, stressing that it was embarrassing that the situation has degenerated to where federal and state government cannot pay their workers.<\/p>\n
He decried the huge debts, empty treasury and the declining economy left by the previous administration, saying Nigeria should be in a better position than it is now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Buhari also said the tradition of expecting an incoming government to turn in its report card within the first 100 days in office, puts enormous pressure on the present government given the current state of things.<\/p>\n