President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he inherited a country with virtually an empty treasury from former President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari, who met with State House correspondents on Monday to mark his first day in the Aso Rock office, said his administration was being weighed down by debts running into millions of dollars.
Although he did not say how much debt he met, he promised to put in his best to salvage the country from the brink of collapse.
Lamenting that it was disgraceful for state and federal workers not to be paid their salaries as and when due, he told the correspondents that he would need their help to avoid a situation where Nigerians might march on him.