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Nigeria: Presidential debate set for Feb 3, as Buhari pledges to end corruption, insecurity, inequality
Many supporters were bussed to the venue in APC decorated vehicles also with the beaming faces of the duo splashed over them.
Buhari, a northern Muslim, said he would first tackle the insurgency in the northeast of the country, where Sunni jihadist group Boko Haram has killed thousands in its attempt to carve out an Islamic state in Africa’s biggest economy.
Jonathan has been criticized for not doing enough to protect civilians from Boko Haram and for failing to defeat the insurgents.
The president, a Christian and former zoology lecturer from the oil producing Niger Delta, blames his predecessors for starving the military of funds for fear it might stage a coup.
Buhari said he would focus on increasing the number of jobs for young people at a time of high youth unemployment, and that his administration would reinvest the money saved from cracking down on corruption into revamping education.
Source: Agencies
