ABUJA – President Muhammadu Bu­hari on Thursday in Kafan­chan, Kaduna State, warned that nobody will be allowed to raise an army of thugs to force himself on the people.

He also underlined his resolve to consolidate the country’s polit­ical system to improve the qual­ity of the people’s lives because “the people matter.”

In an address at the palace of Alhaji Muhammadu Isa II, the Emir of Jama’a, President Buhari said “we are doing our efforts to consolidate the system for the good of the people because they matter.”

To this end, he spoke about the use of the police and the mil­itary, in dealing with security situations but urged Nigerians to develop confidence in civil au­thority to build a system “free of chaos.”

“Nobody,” he warned emphatically, “should be allowed to raise an army of thugs to force himself on the people. This,” he added, “must be very clear.”

The president gave as­surances of the determi­nation of his administra­tion “to hand over a better Nigeria than the one we inherited,” and urged Ni­gerians to be fair in their assessment of what his government has achieved especially on the campaign promises he made ahead of the 2015 elections.

The president com­mended Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State for his accomplishments in the provision of infra­structure, saying: “I’m very impressed by the re­habilitation of the town (Kafanchan) I have seen,” he said, after commission­ing the newly constructed Dan Haya road, Katsina road and the Emir’s Palace road in Kafanchan.

President Buhari, who urged residents of the area to show appreciation for the projects, also com­mended Alhaji Muhammed Isa, the Emir, for his con­solidation of peace among the diverse ethnic and reli­gious communities of the Emirate.

In his remarks, Gover­nor El-Rufa’i acknowledged the president’s investments in security in the area, not­ing in particular that the establishment of security outfits had paved the way for reduced attacks on peo­ple, stating categorically that Kafanchan is much safer today than it used to be.

In acknowledging the improvements in securi­ty in the area, the Emir requested for permanent bases for the Air Force and the Mobile Police, as well as the restoration of the rail services for which Kafanchan had achieved renown.

The president was wel­comed to the community by the senator and members of the House of Represen­tatives from the zone, and a large number of enthusi­astic citizens who thronged the streets.

President Buhari also inaugurated the 800-me­tre long flyover in Kawo, Kaduna State, recounting how he narrowly escaped a targeted bomb attack in the vicinity in 2014.

Reminiscing on the un­fortunate incident, which claimed the lives of many innocent Nigerians, the president said he remains grateful to God for spar­ing his life on that fateful day on Ali Akilu road, Kawo-Kaduna.

“For many years, I al­ways plied this route and I cannot recount how many times I crossed it.

“There was an attempt on my life on this road. Nothing happened to me just like the 30 months I spent during the civil war.

“They wanted to blow up the vehicle I was in around the secretariat but my es­cort somehow stopped them. But before we came to this bridge (Kawo), they became more desperate and there was a small mar­ket in the area where the device exploded.

“But God protected us and here I am again,” he said.

The president, who also inaugurated the newly remodeled Murtala Mo­hammed Square, 136-bed Infectious Disease Hospi­tal, LEA Lokoja Road Pri­mary School, Rigasa, Aliyu Makama road and the Lev­entis underpass, executed by the state government, praised Governor Nasir El-Rufai for completing people-oriented projects in Kaduna metropolis as well as in other senatorial zones in the state.

At the Murtala Square, the new city centre of Ka­duna State, President Bu­hari while admiring the remodeled edifice, recalled that he was constrained by family challenges to relo­cate from Daura to Kaduna after he was released from detention as a former mili­tary Head of State.

“I can hardly find my way in Kaduna due to the development taking place here and the governor has committed himself to change Kaduna for good and has been very suc­cessful at that, and Ni­gerians are appreciative that you are writing your history in letters of gold,” he said.

In the metropolis, the president also commis­sioned the Barbedos fertil­izer plant, a private sector investment in the state.

Speaking at the LEA Lokoja Primary School, the governor said the proj­ect has now been renamed ‘Buhari Mega-Primary School.’

He noted that the people of Rigasa have been con­sistent in giving President Buhari 98 percent of their votes in previous presiden­tial elections.

“They are the most com­mitted Buharists in the country,” he said.