During the presidential campaigns PDP frequently brought up Muhammadu Buhari‘s age as a factor that could impede his performance as president and the then opposition APC stood firm that it wouldn’t.
However according to a gooo/news/old-age-will-limit-my-performance-buhari/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Punch
report while 72 year old President Buhari was speaking with Nigerians
resident in South Africa on Monday (June 15) after the 25th assembly of
Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Johannesburg he
said, “I wish I became Head of State
when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there
is a limit to what I can do.” ADVERTISEMENT Notwithstanding, he assured his administration would make a difference,promising to kill corruption before it wrecks the nation.. “Our government is determined to secure
the country, manage the economy, create employment and fight corruption.
Some articulate writers have said if we do not kill corruption,
corruption will kill Nigeria. This APC administration intends to kill
corruption in Nigeria. We will do our best, I assure you,” Buhari stated
