Abacha achieved a lot with little resources- says Bagudu

Kebbi State governor, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, has said the former Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, achieved a lot for the country with little resources.

According to him, unlike today where the country’s reserve runs into billions and trillions, the former military President ruled at a time when Nigeria’s reserve was less than $750 million.

Despite this, he said Abacha worked so much in stabilising the economy, ensured steady exchange rate and security in the sub-region by funding the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG).

He said this yesterday in Abuja at the 2nd General Sani Abacha Colloquium, organised by the Centre for Political Research, Education and Development (CEPORED)

Bagudu said the late military Head of State achieved this through the use of home grown solutions.

Bagudu said the negative perception of Abacha was mainly instigated by the west that was not comfortable with his policies of developing the country through home grown efforts.

Bagudu said Abacha was a patriotic and courageous Nigerian who wanted the best for the country.