He allegedly made the statement while speaking during a meeting in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Buhari who indicated that he had a different opinion on the N5000 stipend his party promised to give to unemployed Nigerians, said:
“This largesse of N5,000 for the unemployed, I have got a slightly different priority. I would rather do the infrastructure for the school that request them and empower agriculture, mining so that every able bodied person can go and get work instead of giving N5,000 to those who don’t work.”