Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

North and south must also adopt measures to arrest the growing phenomenon of illegal capital flight and the repatriation of illicit wealth siphoned abroad by corrupt political leaders and their collaborators back to their countries of origin.

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.

If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have learnt my lessons and you have deceive me and if you deceive me for the third time shame on me because am a compound fool.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.